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The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
Novalis
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Novalis
Age: 28 †
Born: 1772
Born: May 2
Died: 1801
Died: March 25
Engineer
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Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
Friedrich von Hardenberg
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Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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