Yes to this thought I hold with firm persistence The last result of wisdom stamps it true He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Yes to this thought I hold with firm persistence The last result of wisdom stamps it true He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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