Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast,
And each will wrestle for the mastery there.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Faust, 1, “Outside the City Gate” (1808-1832) [tr. Wayne (1959)]
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