In a perfect literature all books should be only a single book, and in such an eternally developing book, the gospel of humanity and culture will be revealed. (Friedrich Schlegel)

In a perfect literature all books should be only a single book, and in such an eternally developing book, the gospel of humanity and culture will be revealed.

Friedrich Schlegel

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