Physician of the Iron Age, Goethe has done his pilgrimage. He took the suffering human race, He read … - Matthew Arnold

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Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.

Matthew Arnold

Physician of the Iron Age, Goethe has done his pilgrimage. He took the suffering human race, He read each wound, each weakness clear -- And struck his finger on the place, And said -- Thou ailest here, and here.

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