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Tame Xenia 4: "What is science, rightly known?
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From God, Soul, and World
Social Commentaries
"WHAT is science, rightly known?
'Tis the strength of life alone.
Life canst thou engender never,
Life must be life's parent ever.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Tame Xenia 4: "What is science, rightly known?” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/274/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Tame Xenia 4: "What is science, rightly known?” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/274/.
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