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We do not fear being called meticulous, inclining as we do to the view that only the exhaustive can be truly interesting.
Thomas Mann
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Thomas Mann
Age: 80 †
Born: 1875
Born: June 6
Died: 1955
Died: August 12
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Hanseatic City of Lübeck
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