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Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
Everywhere
Roots
Conscience
Preserved
Respect
Individualism
Responsibility
Respected
Everything
Root
Good
Individuality
Tolerance

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