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Diary entry for 1913-12-12
... rejects the volume because it is not the requested one. Thereupon the official explains to him that only the title is different: the content is genuine. In offering reasons for this, he observes: "I know the Well-Tempered Clavier" very well, in it you have ...
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Diary entry for 1913-12-22
... piece of jewelry, and as a result suffered an inflammation of the appendix; the best proof that this is not an infectious disease but rather, as I always maintained, the result of the content of the intestine going astray. The Mona Lisa, which was stolen ...
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Diary entry for 1914-08-21
... equalization towards its own level can only bring harm, which however it does not itself want. Evening papers report a decisive victory of German troops at Metz, a communication of fascinating content. In my tumultuous excitement I attempt to inform people ...
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Diary entry for 1915-03-02
... Lebensweise die Einbildung nicht zu versagen brauchen, daß sie allein die rechtlichen u. moralischen Men- schen der Erde sind! March 2, 1915. Postcard from Sophie of mixed character, its content partly reassuring, partly plaintive. A thoroughly violent storm ...
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Diary entry for 1915-09-23
... the morning. In the evening, Floriz and Valerie at Lie-Liechen's. A new danger threatens Floriz, which he seeks to avert with the help of others. Meanwhile Valerie gurgles contentedly, even in this situation – further proof that things in this ...
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Diary entry for 1916-02-07
... that he could not have expressed himself here in any other way than as he is said to have done, the court reporter said that this is something that the defense council could bring up; and he was content to write in his report that I regard the summons ...
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Diary entry for 1916-05-27
... back that they would have centuries-long effort to reach the previously existing state of affairs, if they could ever reach that at all. If that is not a defeat, then the word and concept is complete devoid of all content. In the end, however, the ...
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Diary entry for 1916-08-05
... belong to him! We cross the meadows and gain the road to St. Christoph. Wilhelm Meister continued; Rosegger, a few stories whose all-too-grotesque content almost seems to destroy the author's cozy sense of humor. Invitation to join the association "Iron ...
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Diary entry for 1916-09-30
... Elias, the content of which seems thoroughly confused and apparently reports a breach with her former Italian friend, and other matters that will perhaps be cleared up in the first lesson – or perhaps not. The general staff report announces a great ...
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Diary entry for 1916-11-13
... real synthesis of the sexes. Act 5: unnecessary coquetry of the beds; the same content could have been dealt with much less painfully, for instance even at the breakfast table. The author's propaganda for Marx is a downright folly of youth and, to put ...