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Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Age: 85 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 29
Died: 1894
Died: October 7
Medical Writer
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University Teacher
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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