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opponent of this plan, which he did not consider realistic, and thought its insistence risked the collapse of the project. Dunant, however, was able to persuade powerful political and military figures in Europe of his ideas, and with the first
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in 1867 was not awarded to Dunant but divided between Dunant, Moynier and Dufour. The prize money was also not awarded to Dunant but given to the
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