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And, since he had yielded to our entreaties, why could we not have thought of a more modest and unassuming manner of having ourselves instructed, why should the three of us have contradicted him in such clumsy terms? AND SINCE HE HAD YIELDED TO OUR ENTREATIES WHY COULD WE NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF A MORE MODEST AND UNASSUMING MANNER OF HAVING OURSELVES INSTRUCTED WHY SHOULD THE THREE OF US HAVE CONTRADICTED HIM IN SUCH CLUMSY TERMS
rd 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. 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? ROUGHT 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 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
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