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why does goethe say we need to "watered the furrows with tears"

Answer :

Goethe was a critic of Romantic ideology not because he was cold hearted or lacking in imagination but because he so deeply and intimately understood its attractions – and therefore its dangers. Goethe’s career shows us a journey away from the initial Romanticism of Werther towards a mature, classical view of life.

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