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That our philosopher had lost his temper and made use of abusive language helped to bridge over the gulf created between us by our timid respect for him: and for the sake of the reader who feels his indignation rising at this suggestion let it be added that this bridge often leads from distant hero worship to personal love and pity. And, after the feeling that our personality had been restored to us, this pity gradually became stronger and stronger. Why were we making this old man walk up and down with us between the rocks and trees at that time of the night? THAT OUR PHILOSOPHER HAD LOST HIS TEMPER AND MADE USE OF ABUSIVE LANGUAGE HELPED TO BRIDGE OVER THE GULF CREATED BETWEEN US BY OUR TIMID RESPECT FOR HIM AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE READER WHO FEELS HIS INDIGNATION RISING AT THIS SUGGESTION LET IT BE ADDED THAT THIS BRIDGE OFTEN LEADS FROM DISTANT HERO WORSHIP TO PERSONAL LOVE AND PITY AND AFTER THE FEELING THAT OUR PERSONALITY HAD BEEN RESTORED TO US THIS PITY GRADUALLY BECAME STRONGER AND STRONGER WHY WERE WE MAKING THIS OLD MAN WALK UP AND DOWN WITH US BETWEEN THE ROCKS AND TREES AT THAT TIME OF THE NIGHT
easure the extent of his own culture, and thus to know what I call 'culture,' and where the line should be drawn between that which is ruled from below upwards and that which is ruled from above downwards." The philosopher seemed to be speaking very heatedly. We begged him to walk round with us again, since he had uttered the latter part of his discourse standing near the tree-stump which had served us as a target. For a few minutes not a word more was spoken. Slowly and thoughtfully we walked to and fro. We did not so much feel ashamed of having brought forward such foolish arguments as we felt a kind of restitution of our personality. After the heated and, so far as we were concerned, very unflattering utterance of the philosopher, we seemed to feel ourselves nearer to him--that we even stood in a personal relationship to him. For so wretched is man that he never feels himself brought into such close contact with a stranger as when the latter shows some sign of weakness, some defect. ARD BY WHICH TO MEASURE THE EXTENT OF HIS OWN CULTURE AND THUS TO KNOW WHAT I CALL CULTURE AND WHERE THE LINE SHOULD BE DRAWN BETWEEN THAT WHICH IS RULED FROM BELOW UPWARDS AND THAT WHICH IS RULED FROM ABOVE DOWNWARDS THE PHILOSOPHER SEEMED TO BE SPEAKING VERY HEATEDLY WE BEGGED HIM TO WALK ROUND WITH US AGAIN SINCE HE HAD UTTERED THE LATTER PART OF HIS DISCOURSE STANDING NEAR THE TREE STUMP WHICH HAD SERVED US AS A TARGET FOR A FEW MINUTES NOT A WORD MORE WAS SPOKEN SLOWLY AND THOUGHTFULLY WE WALKED TO AND FRO WE DID NOT SO MUCH FEEL ASHAMED OF HAVING BROUGHT FORWARD SUCH FOOLISH ARGUMENTS AS WE FELT A KIND OF RESTITUTION OF OUR PERSONALITY AFTER THE HEATED AND SO FAR AS WE WERE CONCERNED VERY UNFLATTERING UTTERANCE OF THE PHILOSOPHER WE SEEMED TO FEEL OURSELVES NEARER TO HIM THAT WE EVEN STOOD IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP TO HIM FOR SO WRETCHED IS MAN THAT HE NEVER FEELS HIMSELF BROUGHT INTO SUCH CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE STRANGER AS WHEN THE LATTER SHOWS SOME SIGN OF WEAKNESS SOME DEFECT
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