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To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
Literary
Novelist
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
History
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Submitting
Order
Retaining
Mean
Nevertheless
Chaos
Meaning
Study
Faith

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