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The pride of Obersalzbrunners in dramatist Hauptmann was reawakened when he was asked to become a charter member of the new department of literature in the Prussian Academy of Fine Arts—an honor of primatical magnitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

His energy and ability have enabled him to become a much sought lawyer, a self-made man of wealth, a statesman of primatical fame.

From Time Magazine Archive