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He was the mightiest of Puritans no less than of philistines who first insisted that beauty is only skin deep.
Louis Kronenberger
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Louis Kronenberger
Age: 75 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
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Cincinnati
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