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For young people today things move so fast there is no problem of adjustment. Before you can adjust to A, B has appeared leading C by the hand, and with D in the distance.
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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