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One of the most arrogant undertakings, to my mind, is to write the biography of a man which pretends to go beyond external facts and gives the inmost motives. One of the most mendacious is autobiography.
Theodor Haecker
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Theodor Haecker
Age: 65 †
Born: 1879
Born: June 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 9
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