So far no one had had enough courage and intelligence to reveal me to …

Friedrich Nietzsche
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So far no one had had enough courage and intelligence to reveal me to my dear Germans. My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent than mine. ✨ Letter to Carl Fuchs, December 14, 1887.
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