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He took in the squeaky music, the vulgar and pining melodies, because passion immobilizes good taste and seriously considers what soberly would be thought of as funny and to be resented.

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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
University Teacher
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Hanseatic City of Lübeck
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Vulgar
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Squeaky
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