Norman Cousins

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Norman Cousins in 1976.

Norman Cousins was an Adjunct Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of California and a prominent world federalist leader. Born in Union City, New Jersey, on June 24, 1915, Cousins was misdiagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of 11 and placed in a sanatorium. He became executive editor (and then editor-in-chief) of the Saturday Review of Literature; under his leadership, circulation increased from 20,000 to 650,000. Cousins later served as President of the World Federalist Association. He died in 1990.

Notable Quotes

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."

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