Deep is the well of the past. Should we not call it bottomless? - Thomas Mann

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Deep is the well of the past. Should we not call it bottomless?

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About Thomas Mann

Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual.

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Alternative Names: Paul Thomas Mann
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Is not life in itself a thing of goodness, irrespective of whether the course it takes for us can be called a 'happy' one?

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