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Leoš Janáček
Czech composer (1854-1928).
Born July 3rd, 1854 in Hukvaldy. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1928 at 74 years old in Ostrava (pneumonia). [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