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What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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What People Call The Spirit Of The

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.
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