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Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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- Hans Urs von Balthasar
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- Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Hans Urs von Balthasar: life dates 1905 to 1988. Wikidata Q122976, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122976 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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