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Doch ist der Klinikalltag nicht zuletzt auch ein aggressiver, stählender Prozeß, der Empfindlichkeiten notgedrungen abschleift.
But clinical experience is, among all else, an abrasive, toughening process, bound to wear away at his sensitivities.
Charles hatte in diesem Hause keinerlei stählenden Einfluß erfahren und nichts von der rauhen Wirklichkeit des Lebens zu spüren bekommen.
From the two he loved best, Charles had received no toughening influences, learned nothing of harshness or reality, and the home in which he grew to manhood was as soft as a bird’s nest.
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