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Honor is the mysticism of legality
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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The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.
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