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Thus one memory follows another until the waves dash together over our heads, and a deep sigh swells the breast, which warns us that we have forgotten to breathe in the midst of these pure thoughts.

Max Muller

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Max Muller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1823
Born: December 6
Died: 1900
Died: October 28
Educator
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Historian Of Religion
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Dessau-Rosslau
Friedrich Max Müller
F. M. M.
F. Max Müller
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Midst
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Thus
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Forgotten
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Memory
Follows
Thoughts
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