Aber man hatte Ahnen ebenso in der Literatur wie in seinem eigenen Geschlecht, Ahne, deren Typus und Naturell einem vielleicht oft näher steht, und sie sicher einen Einfluß ausübten, von dem man sich bestimmtere Rechenschaft geben konnte.
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But one had ancestors in literature as well as in one's own family, ancestors whose character and nature were perhaps often closer to one's own, and who certainly exerted an influence that one could account for more clearly.
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