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Diary entry for 1911-11-17
... giving motivates them, but only the light fingers of a successful gambler. When Carnegie opines that it is a crime to die rich, one should calmly answer: it was a still greater crime to be as rich as he was! The public display of "charitable giving" that ...
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Diary entry for 1914-02-26
... Dr. Steinitz, followed immediately by an express letter with a request for a speeding-up since, as a result of a very fortunate succession of events, it turns out that Lie-Liechen's landlady has been summoned to an interrogation, which, however, she ...
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Diary entry for 1914-10-12
... evening papers bring further details regarding the success in Antwerp and Przemysl. ...
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Diary entry for 1914-10-23
... Aufgaben erschöpft, ohne den vollen Dank der Mutter gewinnen zu können. October 23, 1914. After a day's strenuous work, another evening walk taken; and again as soon as we leave the house we receive extra editions which report significant successes of our ...
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Diary entry for 1914-10-25
... arrived; and the two of us, with headaches, made our way home towards 3 o'clock. The reply from Miss Wesel does not arrive. An extra edition of the Neue freie Presse reports German success on the Yser Canal. ...
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Diary entry for 1914-10-27
... . sich zum wahren Altruismus erweitern könnte. October 27, 1914. To Floriz, invitation for Thursday. Extra editions report successes against the Serbs, and at Ivangorod. To the victor says the vanquished: "It is easy for you to say the truth." Likewise ...
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Diary entry for 1914-11-22
... a sleazy little newspaper sends me from a well-earned afternoon's rest scurrying onto the street. The vendor was shouting: "13,000 Serbs taken prisoner!" Such a success made me understandably curious about the news; but how furious I was when it ...
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Diary entry for 1915-06-03
... delighted about future possibilities. – In Rodaun we also learn from an extra edition that Przemysl has fallen. A second extra edition reports successes at Stryj and enormous booty. The literary style of public authorities may be explained as follows: as a ...
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Diary entry for 1915-06-09
... successful work in its main points and in many secondary points, as his polemics may be regarded as a valuable aid towards strengthening his analysis. ...
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Diary entry for 1915-08-17
... successful. Sharing the soldiers' joy, we distribute 72 cigars among the wind players. ...