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eine mit allen Kräften vorgenommene Auspressung des müden, siechen Körpers der Republik, um aus den verdorbenen Säften einen Becher Schierling zu keltern, der, in die Adern der Hauptstadt geträufelt, Krankheit zum Leben, Erschöpfung in Hoffnung und Tatkraft verwandeln sollte …
the tired, ailing body of the Republic was to be squeezed dry once more in order to extract from the putrid juices a cup of hemlock that, dribbled into the arteries of the capital, was supposed to transform sickness into life, exhaustion into hope and vigour …
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