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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.”
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship · 1796Trans. Thomas Carlyle, 1824 — public domain

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Author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Original source
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Original date
1796
Edition used
Trans. Thomas Carlyle, 1824 — public domain
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