William Ellery Channing - We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to...

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We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

William Ellery Channing

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wir lächeln über die Unwissenheit des Wilden, der den Baum fälscht, um seine Frucht zu erreichen; aber derselbe Fehler macht jeder, der sich eifrig und ungeduldig auf das Streben nach Vergnügen konzentriert.

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