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I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that Fate and character are the same… — Novalis

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that Fate and character are the same conception.

In the original German

die ich immer mehr errathe, je tiefer ich einsehe, das Schicksal und Gemüth Namen Eines Begriffs sind.

Novalis
1802
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1802
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Novalis. Henry von Ofterdingen. Dover Publications, 2015, pt. 2.
Original citation
Novalis. Heinrich von Ofterdingen. Berlin, 1802, pt. 2.

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