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Word: fidelio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2003-2003
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...Japanese ever claimed that they had discovered a set of eternal truths of universal application. In any case, what would the texts of Japanese modernity have been - The instructions for a karaoke machine? Europeans, too, lack the inspiring symbols with which American history is littered. The Prisoners' Chorus from Fidelio is no match for the Declaration of Independence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Many Ways of Being Modern | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

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