The study of jurisprudence, by which I must earn my bread, has so withered and frozen the flowers of my fancy that they will never again seek the light. (To his Mother, November 11, 1829)

Robert Schumann
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In a letter to his mother, he wrote, "My destiny is to be a wretched trader in justice and a pitiful executor of laws."

Source: The Letters Of Robert Schumann

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