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oh dear

oh dear. Schopenhauer is now comparing Polish serfs to orangutans and claiming that they would not appreciate freedom if they had it but are happy in their wild primitive ways

Reading actual books from around 1800: sentimental or romantic Schwärmerei. Reading book about 1800 by someone writing in later 19th C: wow, realism has landed. And is with us till today. These memoirs finally give me details of clothing, hairstyles, architecture, mores.