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The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected...

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Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
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When a dramatist speaks about himself he plays a part: this is inevitable. When Wagner speaks about Bach and Beethoven he speaks like one for whom he would fain be taken. But he impresses [pg 092] only those who are already convinced, for his dissimulation and his genuine nature are far too violently at variance.

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The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms., Project Gutenberg eBook #25012

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