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Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible — not to have run away.
Dag Hammarskjöld
— Dag Hammarskjöld
UN Secretary-General
Vägmärken · Markings (1963), 1925–1930

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Dag Hammarskjöld
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Vägmärken · Markings (1963), 1925–1930
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