“At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did bear it. The question remains: how?”

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German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic 1797–1856

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“At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did bear it. The question remains: how?”

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