Where the danger is, also grows the saving power.

Wo aber Gefahr ist, wächst
Das Rettende auch.

Friedrich Hölderlin

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Topic

Opportunities

Author

Friedrich Hölderlin

Source

Patmos

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Hölderlin, Friedrich. Patmos. c. 1808.

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Source
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Time
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Citation

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All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to.

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Mein Kampf

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Topic
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Author

Adolf Hitler
Source
Mein Kampf
Genre
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Language
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Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf [My Struggle]. Vol. 1, Franz Eher Nachfolger GmbH, 1925, ch. 6.

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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those beneath them.

Emily Brontë

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Topic
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Author

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Source
Wuthering Heights
Medium
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Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1847 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Brontë, Emily, [published as Ellis Bell]. Wuthering Heights. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, edited by Alexandra Lewis. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, ch. 11.