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Vilhelm Ekelund
Swedish poet (1880–1949).
Born October 14th, 1880 in Stehag.
Died September 3rd, 1949 at 68 years old in Saltsjöbaden Parish.
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