Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities (1809), Bk. II, Ch. 5
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Slavery
What It Means
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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