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The Sportsman’s Library
We all pretend to ourselves that we are more simple-minded than we are: That is how we get a rest from our fellow men. — Friedrich Nietzsche
September
5
1992
VERLYN KLINKENBORG
The Sportsman’s Library
VERLYN KLINKENBORG
September
5
1992
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The Sportsman’s Library
We all pretend to ourselves that we are more simple-minded than we are: That is how we get a rest from our fellow men. — Friedrich Nietzsche
September
5
1992
VERLYN KLINKENBORG
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