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All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown.
Ralph Washington Sockman
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Ralph Washington Sockman
Age: 80 †
Born: 1889
Born: October 1
Died: 1970
Died: August 29
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Mount Vernon
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