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I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos of molecules, but as a brief and minute portion of that majestic process

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
Dance
Minutes
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Molecules
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Brief
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