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It has been jestingly said that the works of John Paul Richter are almost unintelligible to any but the Germans, and even to some of them. A worthy German, just before Richter's death, edited a complete edition of his works, in which one particular passage fairly puzzled him. Determined to have it explained at the source, he went to John Paul himself. The author's reply was very characteristic: 'My good friend, when I wrote that passage, God and I knew what it meant; it is possible that God knows it still; but as for me, I have totally forgotten.' Jean Paul		Monday Feb 16, 2026
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There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good. Bessie Smith

	Bessie Smith
	Bessie Smith (July, 1892 or April, 1894 - September 26, 1937) was the most popular and successful female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, and a strong influence on subsequent generations, including Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. Read More