You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken;…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken; you study mineralogy best among miners; and so with everything else. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). The Wisdom of Goethe, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood
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You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken; you study mineralogy best among miners; and so with everything else. ✨ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). The Wisdom of Goethe, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

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