No one has a right to speak who, in the midst of thinking, hasn't been overcome with the experience of glimpsing the essence of history. (Gershom Scholem)

No one has a right to speak who, in the midst of thinking, hasn't been overcome with the experience of glimpsing the essence of history.

Gershom Scholem

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