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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes: National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age.
         

National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age.


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