Date: 1774, rev. 1787, 1779 in English
"My mind is calm and serene, like the first fine mornings of spring."
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Date: 1774, rev. 1787, 1779 in English
"My sensations change with the rapidity of lightning."
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Date: 1774, rev. 1787, 1779 in English
"The whole force of these words fell like a stroke of thunder on the heart of the unfortunate Werter."
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Date: December 1843-January 1844
"And once the lightning of thought has squarely struck this ingenuous soil of the people, the emancipation of the Germans into men will be accomplished."
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