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Georg Brandes

" But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both. "

Sin , Doubt , Madness , Horror , Consciousness , Christianity

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" The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness. "

Cheerfulness

" It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother. "

Mother

" My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. "

Friendship , First , Smile

" On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not. "

World

" Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types. "

Power , Poor

" School is a foretaste of life. "

" But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year. "

Inspiration , Positive

" That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems. "

Living , Time , Literature

" The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster. "

Attention

" The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity. "

Truth , Time , Humanity , Errors , Inheritance

" The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them. "

War , Interest , Soldiers

" When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance. "

Appearance , Trouble

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