Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot … - Friedrich Schiller

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Mind severed from body, culture from planet- to lose our ground is to lose our home.

Friedrich Schiller

Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column.

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