"I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls."

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Source: Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1952). “Selected prose”

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Hugo Vihlen

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Hugo Vihlen was a notable writer and thinker, recognized for his impactful ideas on truth and personal freedom, particularly in his influential essays.

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