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War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
Thomas Mann
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Thomas Mann
Age: 80 †
Born: 1875
Born: June 6
Died: 1955
Died: August 12
Autobiographer
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Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Social Critic
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Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Perreo
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Hippie
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War
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