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The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us

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Norman Cousins
Age: 75 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Peace Activist
Professor
Writer
Union City
New Jersey
Inside
Education
Purpose
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