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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Age: 61 †
Born: 1770
Born: August 27
Died: 1831
Died: November 14
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