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Saturday, June 28, 2014
The Dark Ages
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799), Sudelbücher, C 148 (tr. Norman Alliston):
Perhaps in time to come the so-called Dark Ages may include our own.
Vielleicht heißen unsere Zeiten noch einmal die finstern.