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But it's peculiar, as soon as I am in the midst of nature and by myself, everything that is base and trivial vanishes without trace. On such days nothing scares me and this helps me again and again.

Gustav Mahler

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Gustav Mahler
Age: 50 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 18
Classical Composer
Composer
Conductor
Musician
Mahler
Without
Base
Nothing
Midst
Helps
Vanishes
Soon
Scares
Days
Trivial
Helping
Trace
Nature
Scare
Everything
Peculiar

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