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The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.
Georg Brandes
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Georg Brandes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1842
Born: February 4
Died: 1927
Died: February 19
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København
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
Morris Cohen
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