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A Style Does Not Go Out Of Style As Long As It Adapts Itself To Its Period. When There Is An Incompatibility Between The Style And A Certain State Of Mind, It Is Never The Style That Triumphs.

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A Style Does Not Go Out Of Style As Long As It Adapts Itself To Its Period. When There Is An Incompatibility Between The Style And A Certain State Of Mind, It Is Never The Style That Triumphs.

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