Smith spent his whole life examining and reconciling both the self-interested and the "other-interested" side of human nature.

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While Dompierre had spent his whole life in the Ispheming, Mich.

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But despite this - and the fact that Columbus spent his whole life believing he had in fact landed in Asia - he ranks as a great explorer for his bravery in sailing into the unknown.

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But while he loved the romance of newspapering as a trade and spent his whole life a couple hours from the small town where he grew up, Ebert was never the kind to be anchored to the past.

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