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A human soul devoid of longing was a soul deformed, deprived of its highest good, sick unto death.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
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Humans
Unto
Good
Longing
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Highest

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