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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
Dag Hammarskjold
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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life. — Dag Hammarskjold

About Dag Hammarskjold

Dag Hammarskjold was a Diplomat from Sweden (1905–1961).

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Who said "Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and d…"?
This quote is attributed to Dag Hammarskjold, a Diplomat from Sweden.
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Dag Hammarskjold lived from 1905 – 1961.
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