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Gesinnung f (genitive Gesinnung, plural Gesinnungen)
- mentality, attitude
1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 131:Ich mache aus meinem Herzen keine Mördergrube, ich halte das nicht für deutsch. Volksküchen gründen, meinetwegen; aber das beste Futter für das Volk ist eine gute Gesinnung.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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