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I thank you for that, for, to be perfectly frank with you, I like you better as a musician than as a moralist. HIM: But I'm very second rate in music and much better as a moralist. ME: I doubt it, but even if that were true, I'm a good man, and your principles are not the same as mine. HIM: So much the worse for you. I THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK WITH YOU I LIKE YOU BETTER AS A MUSICIAN THAN AS A MORALIST HIM BUT I'M VERY SECOND RATE IN MUSIC AND MUCH BETTER AS A MORALIST ME I DOUBT IT BUT EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE I'M A GOOD MAN AND YOUR PRINCIPLES ARE NOT THE SAME AS MINE HIM SO MUCH THE WORSE FOR YOU
 child could become with a teacher like him. It's certain that after educational ideas so strictly tailored to our morality, he would go far, unless he was prematurely stopped along the way. HIM: Come now, you needn't be afraid. The important point, the difficult point which a father has to attend to above all is not so much to give his child vices that will make him wealthy or foolish behaviour that will make him valuable to great people--everyone does that, if not systematically, as I do, at least by example and in lessons--but to give him a sense of proportion, the art of dodging shame, dishonour, and the law. Those are dissonances in the social harmony which he must know how to set up, prepare, and resolve. Nothing is so insipid as a sequence of perfect chords. There has to be something which acts as a spur, which breaks up the light and scatters its rays. ME: That's very good. With this comparison you bring me back from morality to music, which I'd strayed from in spite of myself. REMBLED TO THINK WHAT HIS CHILD WOULD BECOME WITH A TEACHER LIKE HIM IT'S CERTAIN THAT AFTER EDUCATIONAL IDEAS SO STRICTLY TAILORED TO OUR MORALITY HE WOULD GO FAR UNLESS HE WAS PREMATURELY STOPPED ALONG THE WAY HIM COME NOW YOU NEEDN'T BE AFRAID THE IMPORTANT POINT THE DIFFICULT POINT WHICH A FATHER HAS TO ATTEND TO ABOVE ALL IS NOT SO MUCH TO GIVE HIS CHILD VICES THAT WILL MAKE HIM WEALTHY OR FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR THAT WILL MAKE HIM VALUABLE TO GREAT PEOPLE EVERY ONE DOES THAT IF NOT SYSTEMATICALLY AS I DO AT LEAST BY EXAMPLE AND IN LESSONS BUT TO GIVE HIM A SENSE OF PROPORTION THE ART OF DODGING SHAME DISHONOUR AND THE LAW THOSE ARE DISSONANCES IN THE SOCIAL HARMONY WHICH HE MUST KNOW HOW TO SET UP PREPARE AND RESOLVE NOTHING IS SO INSIPID AS A SEQUENCE OF PERFECT CHORDS THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WHICH ACTS AS A SPUR WHICH BREAKS UP THE LIGHT AND SCATTERS ITS RAYS ME THAT'S VERY GOOD WITH THIS COMPARISON YOU BRING ME BACK FROM MORALITY TO MUSIC WHICH I'D STRAIGHT FROM IN SPITE OF MYSELF
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