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Nietzsche's Typewriter

March 25, 2010 in Ephemera, Media, Philology

THE WRITING BALL IS A THING LIKE ME: MADE OF IRON

YET EASILY TWISTED ON JOURNEYS.

PATIENCE AND TACT ARE REQUIRED IN ABUNDANCE

AS WELL AS FINE FINGERS TO USE US."

— Friedrich Nietzsche, on February 16th 1882

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