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And what is presented in the usual [literary histories] are only these rising and falling waves; but what lives in the depths is left unconsidered, and from which the waves actually draw their nourishment.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"28. 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Es gibt in dieser Zeit in Deutschland zwei Reihen von Tatsachen, von denen die eine die Oberfläche darstellt, die andere aber als eine tiefere Grundlage betrachtet werden muss. Das Ganze macht den Eindruck eines dahingehenden Stromes, auf dessen Oberfläche sich in der mannigfaltigsten Weise die Wellen kräuseln. 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