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Quoting E. B. White is the easiest way I know of to fool people into thinking that I am perceptive, witty, and wise.

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Peter Behrens
Age: 71 †
Born: 1868
Born: April 14
Died: 1940
Died: February 27
Architect
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Graphic Artist
Graphic Designer
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Painter
Poster Artist
Typographer
University Teacher
Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
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