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Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column.
Friedrich Schiller
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Friedrich Schiller
Age: 45 †
Born: 1759
Born: November 10
Died: 1805
Died: May 9
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Never
Clouds
Giddy
Building
Column
Higher
Columns
Poor
Reflecting
Cannot
Sustain
Stills
Narrow
Still
Basis
Ever
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Tottering
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