Thus our actual path in life, as well as the course of our ideas, is often indicated by accident; the continuance only, and establishment of the one … - Jean Paul

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Thus our actual path in life, as well as the course of our ideas, is often indicated by accident; the continuance only, and establishment of the one or the other, is dependent on our free will.

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Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German novelist and short-story writer. He is usually referred to by his pen-name, Jean Paul, but sometimes simply as Richter.

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Alternative Names: Johann Paul Friedrich Richter Jean Paul Richter Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter Johann Paul Richter J. P. F. Richter Jean Paul Ritcher Jean Paul Friedrich Richter J. P. F. Hasus
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When Antipater demanded fifty children as hostages from the Spartans, they offered him, in their stead, a hundred men of distinction; unlike ordinary educators, who precisely reverse the offering. The Spartans thought rightly and nobly. In the world of childhood all posterity stands before us, upon which we, like Moses upon the promised land, may only gaze, but not enter.

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