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Whether you have read just one or both parts—or none—of Goethe’s epic poem Faust, this exegesis and commentary by A. N. Wilson will enrich your mind and spirit.
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“The pardon power was relatively unheard of in popular culture until Gerald Ford, the ‘most accidental of presidents,’ pardoned his disgraced predecessor in 1974.”
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