Other Fiction Spielhagen, Friedrich: What the Swallow Sang. v1. 22 Aug 2014

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Friedrich Spielhagen (February 24, 1829 – February 25, 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.

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“Gotthold Ephraim Weber,” murmured the stranger, “that is my name too, and I am also a Doctor of Theology. That I would not remain where my father placed me, but insisted upon taking the profession for which, according to my best knowledge and belief, I was born, separated him who now lies here from me forever. No, no, not that, at least that was not the true cause! I never understood in your sense what is written here: ‘Blessed are those who die in the Lord.’ We were never one, had been separated long before we parted. Well, father, at least let there be peace between us now. I wish with all my heart that you may have the bliss in which you believed; and say: ‘blessed are the—dead,’ so you certainly have the happiness in which I believe.”

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