"There is an energy which springs from sickness……" — Novalis
"There is an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even greater infirmity."
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In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.
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