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Das Dorf Hollywood ist entworfen nach den Vorstellungen Die man hierorts vom Himmel hat. Hierorts Hat man ausgerechnet, daß Gott Himmel und Hölle benötigend, nicht zwei Etablissements zu entwerfen brauchte, sondern Nur ein einziges, nämlich den Himmel. Dieser Dient für die Unbemittelten, Erfolglosen Als Hölle.
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The village Hollywood is designed on the basis of the conceptions That one has here of heaven. Here One has figured out that God, Needing heaven and hell, did not Have to design two establishments, but rather Only one, namely heaven. This one Serves for the indigent, unsuccessful people As hell.
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