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I hope death will be a great happiness, a happiness as great as that of love, fulfilled love

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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
Hope
Death
Great
Love
Fulfilled
Happiness

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