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These tremendous contradictions in our intellect, in our knowledge, yea, in all the facts of our life face us on all sides.

Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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