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An Author Who Sets About To Depict Events Of The Past That Have Run Their Course Is Suspected Of Wishing To Avoid The Problems Of The Present Day, Of Being, In Other Words, A Reactionary.

-Lion Feuchtwanger

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An Author Who Sets About To Depict

Lion Feuchtwanger

An Author Who Sets About To Depict Events Of The Past That Have Run Their Course Is Suspected Of Wishing To Avoid The Problems Of The Present Day, Of Being, In Other Words, A Reactionary.

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