All Servants
Across the heavens that surround this sphere, I write:
It is not the tyrant who is a shameful man,
but the servant of the tyrant.

Allen Knechtschaffenen
An alle Himmel schreib ichs an, die diesen Ball umspannen:
Nicht der Tyrann ist ein schimpflicher Mann,
aber der Knecht des Tyrannen.

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