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  • 41Unruh, Fritz von — (1885 1970)    poet and playwright; erstwhile Prus sian officer who became a pacifist during World War I. He was born in Koblenz to an aristocratic family; his ancestors had served the Prussian electors and kings for three hundred years.… …

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  • 42Schmeicheln — 1. Auch das Schmeicheln ist eine Kunst. H. Heine (Verm. Schriften, Hamburg 1854, I, 38) behauptet: Gott habe uns die Zunge gegeben, damit wir unsern Mitmenschen etwas Angenehmes sagen. Engl.: There is a craft in dawbing. (Gaal, 853.) 2. Den, der… …

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