"A man who died at thirty-five will…" — Walter Benjamin

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رجل مات في الخامسة والثلاثين سيبدو للأجيال البعيدة كرجل شاب تقريبًا ولد بينما معاصروه الذين بلغوا سن الشيخوخة دائمًا ما سيبدو لي أنهم ولدوا شيوخًا.

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