The Empty Mirror
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Hitler: Wagner made
the exorbitant demand

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that the stage become
an hypnotic instrument

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under the power
of the artist.

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l impose the same demand
on Germany.

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History is an error
to be rewritten

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be the visionary
playwright.

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While Wagner brought
the German myths

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to the operatic stage,
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l brought them
to the world.

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l am the superman,
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the Teutonic knight
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on the quest
for the Holy Grail.

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Compared to you,
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Wagner was a minimalist.
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Let's enter one more
into the record.

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This is from April, 1935.
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A woman from Berlin.
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''My fervently adored Führer,
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you have a birthday,
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and we know
only two ardent wishes:

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that everything
in our fatherland be,

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now and in the future,
just as you want it to be,

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and may God provide
that you be preserved

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for us forever.
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Your loyal, E.E.''

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