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“If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.”
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- quote
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- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- a642f49a44dc014816c9a5aef4213e3aea6483ab7590ae7a5e0df3b08dde2796
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