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“Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind? Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind; Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm, Er faßt ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Wikiquote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Who rides, so late, through night and wind? It is the father with his child. He holds the boy in the crook of his arm He holds him safe, he keeps him warm.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe

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