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’Yes，sir；mybookofphilosophyintoGerman。Iamnotadrug，sir，inGermanyasGoetheishere，nomoreismybook。IintendtoprintthetranslationatLeipzig，sir；andifitturnsoutaprofitablespeculation，asImakenodoubtitwill，providedthetranslationbewellexecuted，Iwillmakeyousomeremuneration。
Sir，yourremunerationwillbedeterminedbythesuccessofyourtranslation。’
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