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German is of stone, limestone, pudding stone, marble, granite even, and so to a considerable degree is English, whereas French is bronze and gives out a metallic resonance with tones that neither German nor English tolerate.

Source: In Being Bernard Berenson, by Meryle Secrest, 1979.
-- Bernard Berenson, (Jun 26 1865-1959), US art historian; He was a noted Italian Renaissance expert; wrote Drawings of the Florentine Painters, 1903.

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