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“Do not fight against these harmful spells. For you do not know what God wants with them. You do not know the greater divine plan behind it all.”
As attributed by Kai Lehmann, curator of the exhibition "Luther und die Hexen" ("Luther and the witches"). (2013) in “Interview with Dr. Kai Lehmann, curator of the exhibition "Luther und die Hexen" ("Luther and the witches")“ https://www.luther2017.de/en/wiki/martin-luther-and-the-witches/kai-lehmann-martin-luther-firmly-believed-in-witches/
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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991), p. 5
