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Goethe on convictions, 1

On September 18, 2020February 27, 2021 By Goethe GlobalIn convictions

However, we are forced to forget our century
if we want to work according to our convictions.

Auf alle Fälle sind wir genötigt, unser Jahrhundert zu vergessen,
wenn wir nach unserer Überzeugung arbeiten wollen.

-Letter to Schiller, Nov 25, 1797
Translation by Goethe Global.

No. 3173

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