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'..... There was a young numismatist here who was feverish; and since he was feverish one could clearly make out cavities on his photographic phthisis - and died. The autopsy revealed there was nothing wrong with his lungs and that he had died of some coccus infection or other. '
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'..... There was a young numismatist here who was feverish; and since he was feverish one could clearly make out cavities on his photographic phthisis - and died. The autopsy revealed there was nothing wrong with his lungs and that he had died of some coccus infection or other. '
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'..... If someone doesn't make sure that the best, most expensive wines are served at his dinners, people simply don't go, and his daughters end up old maids.'
As they walked he could not help remarking that he wondered how long the director would have let him lie there if he had not himself mentioned the time was up.
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'..... If someone doesn't make sure that the best, most expensive wines are served at his dinners, people simply don't go, and his daughters end up old maids.'
As they walked he could not help remarking that he wondered how long the director would have let him lie there if he had not himself mentioned the time was up.
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One should speak of monotony, of an abiding now, of eternalness.
'I was articulating my doubts that the words 'human being' and 'perfect health' could ever be made to rhyme.
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One should speak of monotony, of an abiding now, of eternalness.
'I was articulating my doubts that the words 'human being' and 'perfect health' could ever be made to rhyme.
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Eternal Soup and Sudden Clarity - Hans Castorp has been assigned three weeks of bed rest for his cold. He is awaiting a time when he will have an
X-ray to reveal more about the soft spots on his lungs. Within the assigned three weeks, Joachim visits him at least ten times a day. Hans Castorp requests the visit of Lodovico Settembrini who talks to him about life. Settembrini will help him with his daily exercises.
— 3 hours, 33 min ago
X-ray to reveal more about the soft spots on his lungs. Within the assigned three weeks, Joachim visits him at least ten times a day. Hans Castorp requests the visit of Lodovico Settembrini who talks to him about life. Settembrini will help him with his daily exercises.
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Dr. Krokowski, however, stood up and strode over to Han Castorp; tilting his head to one side and smiling so pithily that it revealed the yellow teeth
under his beard, he placed one hand on the young man's shoulder and with the other offered a hearty handshake.
— Oct 17, 2026 06:22PM
Dr. Krokowski, however, stood up and strode over to Han Castorp; tilting his head to one side and smiling so pithily that it revealed the yellow teeth
under his beard, he placed one hand on the young man's shoulder and with the other offered a hearty handshake.
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The Thermometer as part of Chapter 4. This is where Hans Castorp finds out he is truly ill. Director Behrens delivers him the bad notice after an examination. It comes as no surprise to Director Behrens for he thought him ill from their first meeting. He orders bedrest. Apparently, Hans Castorp had been ill before. It had gone undetected. Dr. Krokowski placed a hand on his shoulder and offered a hearty handshake.
— Oct 17, 2026 06:12PM
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Indeed, the Italian paid high tribute to his listeners' fatherland for two inventions: gunpowder, which had turned feudalism's suits of armor into junk, and the printing press, which had made possible the democratic propagation of ideas, or rather, the propagation of democratic ideas.
— Oct 16, 2026 09:34AM
Indeed, the Italian paid high tribute to his listeners' fatherland for two inventions: gunpowder, which had turned feudalism's suits of armor into junk, and the printing press, which had made possible the democratic propagation of ideas, or rather, the propagation of democratic ideas.
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'Our beloved Germany is one huge barracks, granted. But a great deal of hard work went into it, and I would not trade our sturdy honesty for the fine manners of other nations. What good are fine manners if I'm being cheated up one side and down the other?'
— Oct 16, 2026 09:32AM
'Our beloved Germany is one huge barracks, granted. But a great deal of hard work went into it, and I would not trade our sturdy honesty for the fine manners of other nations. What good are fine manners if I'm being cheated up one side and down the other?'
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Growing Anxiety / Two Grandfathers and a Twilight Boat Ride within Chapter 4 has Settembrini compare his grandfather to that of Hans Castorp grandfather and what the two achieved for humanity and for the people of their country.
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Yes, time is a puzzling thing, there is something about it that is hard to explain.
— Oct 16, 2026 09:22AM
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Yes, time is a puzzling thing, there is something about it that is hard to explain.
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In Table Talk and Growing Anxiety within Chapter 4 Hans Castorp has an unspoken obsession on Fau Chauchat. He watches her every move. This is noticed by Fraulein Engelhart and she starts to tease Hans Castorp. Fau Chauchat sits at the Good Russian Table. Fraulein Engelhart is one of Hans tablemat.
Hans Castorp or anyone else for that matter knows for sure if Director Behrens was cured of tuberculosis.
— Oct 16, 2026 09:16AM
Hans Castorp or anyone else for that matter knows for sure if Director Behrens was cured of tuberculosis.