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Wenn ich beschreiben soll, wozu man beim Lesen einer Biographie kommen kann, so ist es dieses: Wer eine Biographie mit wirklicher Aufmerksamkeit verfolgt, der wird sich sagen müssen: Immer wieder und wieder kommen in einer Biographie Ansätze vor zum Darstellen von Lebensereignissen, die nicht eigentlich in einer fortdauernden Erzählungsentwickelung begründet sind. Man hat, wenn man eine Biographie vor sich hat, eigentlich das Leben eines Menschen nur in einer gewissen Weise vor sich. Ins Leben eines Menschen spielen nicht nur diejenigen Tatsachen hinein, die er im Wachzustande erlebt, also: erster Tag - jetzt kommt die Nacht; zweiter Tag - jetzt kommt die Nacht; dritter Tag — jetzt kommt die Nacht und so fort, sondern es ist so, daß wir ja nur äußerlich erfühlen können, was an den Tagen geschehen ist, falls wir nicht eine geisteswissenschaftliche Biographie schreiben, was ja unter Umständen gegenüber der heutigen Zivilisation eigentlich eine völlige Unmöglichkeit ist. 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