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He was born in the city of Siao Chang, China, a city surrounded by a wall.

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When Eric was 6 years old, he went on a vacation with his missionary parents called a furlough. On the furlough, he was told that he would complete his education in England, away from his parents in China.

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Eric went through elementary, middle, and high school in England. When Eric went to college, he was an amazing sports star. He was great at sprinting, rugby, and cricket at school.

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Eric began breaking many records as a runner. He broke records in the 100 meter dash, 220 meter dash, and the 440 meter dash.

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With all of his popularity from being such an amazing athlete, Eric had many people looking up to him. Eric decided to speak to a crowd about his religion in God.

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The Olympics for Eric's best race, the 100 meter dash, was scheduled for a Sunday. Eric strictly followed the rules of keeping the Sabbath Day holy, as commanded in the Bible, and realized that he couldn't run that race.

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Since the 200 and 400 meter Olympic races weren't scheduled for a Sunday, Eric decided that he could run in them. In the 200 meter race, Eric managed to get third. After that, Eric set a new world record for the 400 meter race as he won.

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After the Olympics, Eric finished college and applied for a job as a teacher in China. Eric got the job, left his homeland full of fans, and went off to be a stranger in a troubled land at the time.

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While at China, Eric arrived at his house, a humongous mansion that he would share with other missionaries. It had an impressive inside and outside part.

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Eric began teaching at his school in China. He taught English and chemistry. Eric also was the athletics teacher at the school. Eric met with a group of boys often to talk about the Bible.

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Eric met Florence McKenzie at his church. He fell in love with her and married her in 1934.

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The members of the London Missionary Society came to Eric. They asked him if he would move to a war-torn area of China to work at a hospital. The place was too dangerous for Eric's family to come along, but Eric agreed to do it.

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Eric began working at the hospital, helping patients that were injured from the war going on at that time. Eric had to retrieve many injured soldiers and bring them to the hospital. The hospital was a very dangerous place. Eric told his patients the good news of the Bible.

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The hospital was running out of coal to burn for heat. Eric had to make the  dangerous journey of retrieving coal without being robbed. Eric was able to retrieve coal to keep the hospital warm.

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After retrieving the coal, Eric was allowed to take a furlough, or year long vacation for a missionary. Eric visited his family and friends after a lot of hard work.

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To end the furlough, Eric and his family took a ship across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada. But, World War 2 had started, and German submarines tried to sink any ships crossing the Atlantic. Eric's ship crossed with 50 other ships to prevent them from being sank. Many torpedoes hit many of the ships, but Eric's ship was able to make it across.

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Eric returned to China where the Japanese were taking over the area. Eric and his wife agreed that Eric's wife and kids should not live in China anymore because of the danger. Eric later heard bad news that the Japanese were taking all of the Chinese people in the area to an internment camp.

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Eric and many others arrived at the crowded, run-down Japanese internment camp. The camp was full of sicknesses and diseases, with harsh circumstances to survive.

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Eric had many responsibilities at the internment camp. He was a teacher, athletic director, a Christian leader, and a hard worker trying to improve the quality of the camp. Eric soon was overloaded with many responsibilities.

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One day, Eric had lost much of his strength and looked very pale. He went to the doctors of the camp, but didn't get much help. Eric got a stroke, and was feeling very sick. Eric died and it was later figured out that he had a massive brain tumor. His funeral was very large, as many people wanted to honor Eric Liddell, an exceptional man.