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December 26, 2015

Listening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, you feel anything is possible.

When applied to human life, it often led to disaster.

“He could perceive the world and other people only through the prism of his own consciousness, judging them in the unforgiving terms he judged himself,” says Swafford. “He served mankind but never understood people, and though he yearned with all his heart for love and companionship, year by year he could bear humanity less and less in the flesh.” Beethoven, Anguish and Triumph

Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 26, 2015 8:24 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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