V. Human Character

GA 58/1910-03-14/p006 ·1910-03-14 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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> Two souls, alas, are pent within my breast, > To tear themselves apart, forever striving; > One, in pursuit of passions' crude delights, > Clings close with avid senses to the world; > The other, thrusting earthly dust away, > Aspires to rise to longed-for higher realms.[^3]

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