A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. (Jose Bergamin)

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

Jose Bergamin

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