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Francis Maitland Balfour
British biologist (1851–1882).
Born November 10th, 1851 in Edinburgh.
Died July 19th, 1882 at 30 years old in Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey (mountaineering accident).
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche