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our friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are.

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
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Hermann Karl Hesse
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