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For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.

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Thomas Mann
Age: 80 †
Born: 1875
Born: June 6
Died: 1955
Died: August 12
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Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Social Critic
University Teacher
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Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Perreo
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Men
Impermanence
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Sovereignty
Goodness
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Dying
Thoughts
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