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""Un hombre que murió a los treinta y cinco años parecerá a generaciones lejanas como un hombre joven, casi un niño, mientras que sus contemporáneos que alcanzaron una edad avanzada siempre me parecerán haber nacido viejos.""

Walter Benjamin

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People in the future will see a person who died young as still being young. Meanwhile, those who lived a long life will always seem as if they were always old.

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