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The poem in English translation:
“THE WRITING BALL IS A THING LIKE ME: MADE OF IRON
YET EASILY TWISTED ON JOURNEYS.
PATIENCE AND TACT ARE REQUIRED IN ABUNDANCE
AS WELL AS FINE FINGERS TO USE US."
(Friedrich Nietzsche, on February 16th 1882)
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| "Nietzsche Typescript, written on his writing ball: A Letter to Koeselitz, written 17.01.1882. Copyright: The Goethe and Schiller Archive, Weimar, Germany" http://malling-hansen.org |
