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Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.

Friedrich Schiller

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Friedrich Schiller
Age: 45 †
Born: 1759
Born: November 10
Died: 1805
Died: May 9
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Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller
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