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Man only progresses by slowly elaborating from age to age the essence and the totality of a universe deposited within him.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1881
Born: May 1
Died: 1955
Died: April 10
Catholic Priest
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Theology
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P. Teilhard de Chardin
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