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A criminal cannot complain about wrongs done him because one treats him harshly and inhumanely. His offense was an entry into the realm of violence, power and tyranny. There is no restraint and proportion in that realm,
and therefore he should not be surprised at the disproportion of its counter-reaction.

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Baron Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801) was an author, philosopher and poet of early German Romanticism. He is most commonly known by the pseudonym Novalis (denoting a "clearer of new land" — derived from a tradition of his ancestors, who had called themselves de Novali).

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Alternative Names: Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg • Friedrich von Hardenberg

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