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For the first time I began to perceive that true sympathy cannot be switched on and off like an electric current, that anyone that identifies himself with the fate of another is robbed to some extent of his own freedom.
For the first time I began to perceive that true sympathy cannot be switched on and off like an electric current, that anyone that identifies himself with the fate of another is robbed to some extent of his own freedom.
Approximate author period: c. 1901 AD · modern
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- Stefan Zweig
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- Approximate author period: c. 1901 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Stefan Zweig: documented activity in 1901. Wikidata Q78491, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78491 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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