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und wenn der Zudrang von Lärm und Gesichten den Sohn eines schläfrigen Landstädtchens anfangs verwirrt, betäubt, ja beängstigt, so besitzt er Mutterwitz und Geisteskräfte genug, um allmählich des Tumultes innerlich Herr zu werden und ihn seiner Bildung, seinem begierigen Studium dienstbar zu machen.
and if at first the rush of noise and faces confuses this son of a sleepy country town, bewilders him, frightens him indeed, nevertheless he possesses mother wit and strength of mind enough slowly to become master of his inner turmoil and turn it to good purpose for his education, his enthusiastic researches. And what a happy institution the shop window is!
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