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Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
Age: 56 †
Born: 1742
Born: July 1
Died: 1799
Died: February 24
Astronomer
French Moralist
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
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København
Wide
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Soul
Libraries
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Library
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