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VOTIVE TABLETS: THE IMITATOR by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER

First Line: GOOD OUT OF GOOD -- THAT ART IS KNOWN TO ALL
Last Line: ALL MATTER ASKS A SPIRIT THAT CREATES!

GOOD out of good — that art is known to all —
But Genius from the bad the good can call;
Then, Mimic, not from leading-strings escaped,
Work'st but the matter that's already shaped:
The already-shaped a nobler hand awaits —
All matter asks a Spirit that @3creates!@1



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