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Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.

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Richard Wagner
Age: 69 †
Born: 1813
Born: May 22
Died: 1883
Died: February 13
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner
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