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"ref": "1830, Rudolf Giehrl, Kaspar Hauser, der ehrliche Findling, als Widerlegung der Polizeyrath Merker’schen Schrift: «Kaspar Hauser, nicht unwahrscheinlich ein Betrüger», page 1",
"text": "Die von mir anzufechtende, Rath Merkersche Schrift über den Findling Kaspar Hauser zeigt schon in ihrem Titel, daß der Verfasser mit sich selbst im Widerspruche stand, denn Caspar Hauser sollte als ein Mensch dargestellt werden, dem es gelungen, auf eine seltene Weise nicht nur nächste Umgebung, eine große Stadt und ein Untersuchungsgericht, sondern ganz Deutschland, ja sogar ganz Europa zu täuschen; […]",
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"text": "Die von mir anzufechtende, Rath Merkersche Schrift über den Findling Kaspar Hauser zeigt schon in ihrem Titel, daß der Verfasser mit sich selbst im Widerspruche stand, denn Caspar Hauser sollte als ein Mensch dargestellt werden, dem es gelungen, auf eine seltene Weise nicht nur nächste Umgebung, eine große Stadt und ein Untersuchungsgericht, sondern ganz Deutschland, ja sogar ganz Europa zu täuschen; […]",
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"ref": "2014, Manfred Reschke, 66-Seen Wanderung: Zu den Naturschönheiten rund um Berlin, Trescher Verlag, page 28",
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