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Diary entry for 1936-09-03
... that we have visited; large ships lie there, including one from Holland. Before teatime, a short conversation with the Salesian brother. He has been ill; he visited the distant church and, because he had no money, had to make the long way back in the ...
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Diary entry for 1909-12-21
... selection and reconstruction of the events of world history predominantly only from kings, princes, etc., the disregarding and diminishing of those individuals to whom alone the credit should be given, this method, precisely because it is a lie, has no ...
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Diary entry for 1911-11-15
... track of this force, which they then harness, admittedly without knowing the secret that lies behind it. After the blessed Creator there follow in order the scientist, engineer, manufacturer, and so on. At the end of the list comes the coachman, more ...
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Diary entry for 1914-08-26
... , that the truth be spoken. "The French people can also endure failures." Thus lying took place first, followed by the expression about the truth and the character traits of the French people. If it is true that the French people can also endure failures ...
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Diary entry for 1914-09-03
... viel günstiger gestaltet haben konnte. Zudem machte auch die Quartiersfrau Lie-Liechens die Mitteilung, daß sie vor dem Gebäude der „N. Fr. Pr.“ große Menschenansammlungen sah, die von einem neuen Sieg sprachen. Dies alles bestimmte uns nun zum ...
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Diary entry for 1914-09-09
... characteristic of first lying and afterwards swearing the truth emphatically. But even this oath does not arise from regret or recognition, but is once again merely a phrase; for the Frenchman does not really bring about the truth but, conversely, only invokes it ...
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Diary entry for 1914-09-27
... battlefield; for the drive is powerful even in higher, in the highest, circles, which would otherwise be glad to avoid making any effort, especially one that would be life-threatening. As hunting and dueling lie in the nature of man, so to speak, and not ...
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Diary entry for 1915-12-02
... kaum den Augenblick erwarten, wo ihnen der Maulkorb vom Munde genommen werden wird, u. sie in Meinungen u. Ratschlägen zu neuerlichem Wortkampf auseinanderstreben! Fl. u. V. abends bei Lie-Liechen; neues Eierspeis-Regime in Kraft getreten. Vor dem ...
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Diary entry for 1916-01-23
... explain his lateness with lies, but I stave them off decisively. First Leonore Overture: were it not for the artful climaxes and syncopations, one would have to regard the thematic materials as Italian, at best in the manner of Cherubini and the technique ...
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Diary entry for 1916-07-26
... sich die Sache später zu unserer Zufriedenheit. Eine Frage, die Lie-Liechen an den Gärtner gestellt hat, hat diesem Menschen, der hier als Sonderling genommen wird u. von dem man sagt „er spinne“, förmlich die Zunge gelöst. In etwas stotternder Art ...