A poem that Nietzsche wrote on his Malling-Hansen Writing Ball

The poem in English translation:

“THE WRITING BALL IS A THING LIKE ME: MADE OF IRON

YET EASILY TWISTED ON JOURNEYS.

PATIENCE AND TACT ARE REQUIRED IN ABUNDANCE

AS WELL AS FINE FINGERS TO USE US."

(Friedrich Nietzsche, on February 16th 1882)

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