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It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Age: 57 †
Born: 1772
Born: January 1
Died: 1829
Died: January 11
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