We have decided to follow the example of the prophets and the fathers of the church and write German hymns for the German people
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If I had to baptize a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words I baptize thee in the name of Abraham
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The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the man to God, love brings him to men.
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Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate, as music
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