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Quotation by Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
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"Introduction" Limits of State Action (1792)Limits of State Action (1792)Limits of State Action (1792, repr. 1854)Limits of State Action (1792, repr. 1854), trans. and ed. by J.W. Burrow (1969)The Limits of State Action (1792, repr. 1854), trans. and ed. by J.W. Burrow (1969)Related Subjects
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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.
Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835), German statesman, philologist. The Limits of State Action, ch. 1 (1792, repr. 1854), trans. and ed. by J.W. Burrow (1969).
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