'Light! More light!'
In the plant organ which we ordinarily call the leaf a true Proteus is concealed, who can hide and reveal himself in all sorts of configurations. From top to bottom a plant is all leaf, united so inseparably with the future bud that one cannot be imagined without the other.
-- Goethe
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The headline is reputed to be Goethe's last words.
Long ago, Erich Heller, himself a winner of the Goethe Prize, said, "You know, I really want to make a deal with Chicago cabdrivers. I won't call Shakespeare 'Shahk-uh-shpay-EH-ruh' if you won't call Goethe 'GO-thee'."
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