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He tried to think of death as he had done now and then, but that tired him and he dozed off. When he awoke an hour later, he felt fresh and calm as though he had slept for days.

He tried to think of death as he had done now and then, but that tired him and he dozed off. When he awoke an hour later, he felt fresh and calm as though he had slept for days.

Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Hermann Hesse
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1877 to 1962; Wikidata Q25973, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25973 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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