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... Where is the man in Goethe , in his birdlike lyrics or in his clumsy prose ? And Hazlitt ? But I suppose that if a man has a confused mind he will write in a con- fused way , if his temper is capricious his prose. THE SUMMING UP ...
... Where is the man in Goethe , in his birdlike lyrics or in his clumsy prose ? And Hazlitt ? But I suppose that if a man has a confused mind he will write in a con- fused way , if his temper is capricious his prose. THE SUMMING UP ...
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... Goethe's Wahrheit und Dichtung he relates how in his youth he could not bear the idea that his father was a middle - class lawyer in Frankfurt . He felt that noble blood must flow in his veins . So he thought to persuade himself that ...
... Goethe's Wahrheit und Dichtung he relates how in his youth he could not bear the idea that his father was a middle - class lawyer in Frankfurt . He felt that noble blood must flow in his veins . So he thought to persuade himself that ...
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... Goethe , though he did so much , felt that there was still more for him to do . Akin to this is the argument from desire : if we can conceive immortality and if we desire it , does not that indicate that it exists ? Our immortal ...
... Goethe , though he did so much , felt that there was still more for him to do . Akin to this is the argument from desire : if we can conceive immortality and if we desire it , does not that indicate that it exists ? Our immortal ...
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