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Actually, it makes sense they were written somewhat later (I think Mark actually might be 60s); they were written as the eyewitnesses were starting to die, so that there would be a record for the next generation. Before then, people just talked with the eyewitnesses themselves.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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