German Possessions

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“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)