I have often felt a bitter sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality. A c… - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I have often felt a bitter sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality. A comparison of the German people with other peoples arouses a painful feeling, which I try to overcome in every possible way.