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Ours must be the first age whose great goal, on a nonmaterial plane, is not fulfillment but adjustment and perhaps just such a goal has served as maladjustment's weapon.
Louis Kronenberger
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Louis Kronenberger
Age: 75 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
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