“Respect old age!”

Ehre das Alter!
Über den Umgang mit Menschen (1788)

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Ehre das Alter!

Zweites Buch, 1. Kapitel, Verschiedenheit des Alters. hg. von Karl Goedeke. 16. Ausgabe. Hannover: Hahn, 1878. Seite 121 http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3A%C3%9Cber_den_Umgang_mit_Menschen.djvu&page=137
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German writer and Freemason 1752–1796

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