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Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence.
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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P. Teilhard de Chardin
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