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Jiří Pelikán
Czech publicist and politician (1923–1999).
Born February 7th, 1923 in Spálené Poříčí, Olomouc. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1999 at 76 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon