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Whate'er of us lives in the hearts of others
Is our truest and profoundest self.

— Johann Gottfried Herder

Was in dem Herzen andrer von Uns lebt,
Ist unser wahrestes und tiefstes Selbst.

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"Das Selbst, ein Fragment", cited from Bernhard Suphan (ed.) Herders sämmtliche Werke (Berlin: Weidmann, 1877-1913) vol. 29, p. 142; Translation from Hans Urs von Balthasar (trans. Graham Harrison) Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988) vol. 1, p. 504.

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