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PDF File Brother Lawrence. Born: 1614 in Herimenil, Lorraine in modern-day France. Died : February 12 1691 (aged 77). ‘The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish …

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‘The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.’ With these words, Thomas Hobbes, a contemporary of Brother Lawrence, famously described the average life in 17th century Europe. Nicholas Herman had every reason to relate to Hobbes’ description. He grew up in a poor family with no option but to join the army. He fought in the Thirty Years War, one of the most brutal wars in Europe’s history.
During this war he sustained a nearfatal injury to his sciatic nerve that left him crippled and in constant pain for the rest of his days, most of which were spent washing pots and pans in a kitchen. Despite every apparent reason to the contrary, Nicholas Herman, or Brother Lawrence as he is commonly known,

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