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The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
Understood
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Human
Humans
Time
Purest
Life
Sacred
Beings
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