"Oh! the years I have lost,” will be the exclamation of a man, if he be not philosophical, and not possess Friedrich Nietzsche's appreciation of the value of sorrow in education. (Oscar Levy)

"Oh! the years I have lost,” will be the exclamation of a man, if he be not philosophical, and not possess Friedrich Nietzsche's appreciation of the value of sorrow in education.

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