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To: lentulusgracchus

I’m with the Founders on this one. I hope my words did not convey that want a greater sphere for personal greatness. The quote I was after might have been about Frederick the Great. ‘He made the nation of Germany great, but the German people small’. Maybe someone has the exact wording and source.


109 posted on 01/24/2008 3:55:34 PM PST by ToryNotion
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To: ToryNotion

my idiot fingers and not co-operating w/ my brain tonight. A larger sphere is a good thing...


110 posted on 01/24/2008 3:56:40 PM PST by ToryNotion
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To: ToryNotion
The quote I was after might have been about Frederick the Great. ‘He made the nation of Germany great, but the German people small’.

Yes, that sounds like an interesting quote. Haven't heard that one before, I don't think.

That's what tyrants do, though -- they hog all the good opportunties to do things, and then waste them.

They slow humanity down.

118 posted on 01/24/2008 4:31:34 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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