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'[8] Just think how long I have lived at a distance from you, and how all those temptations you speak of have endeavoured to lure me away, not perhaps without some success, even though I myself may not have observed it. JUST THINK OF HOW LONG I HAVE LIVED AT A DISTANCE FROM YOU AND HOW ALL THOSE TEMPTATIONS YOU SPEAK OF HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO LURE ME AWAY NOT PERHAPS WITHOUT SOME SUCCESS EVEN THOUGH I MYSELF MAY NOT HAVE OBSERVED IT
s, in the era which gave birth to Schiller and Goethe, there was again a growing demand for culture, like the first protuberance of that wing spoken of by Plato in the _Phaedrus_, which, at every contact with the beautiful, bears the soul aloft into the upper regions, the habitations of the gods." "Ah," began the philosopher's companion, "when you quote the divine Plato and the world of ideas, I do not think you are angry with me, however much my previous utterance may have merited your disapproval and wrath. As soon as you speak of it, I feel that Platonic wing rising within me; and it is only at intervals, when I act as the charioteer of my soul, that I have any difficulty with the resisting and unwilling horse that Plato has also described to us, the 'crooked, lumbering animal, put together anyhow, with a short, thick neck; flat-faced, and of a dark colour, with grey eyes and blood-red complexion; the mate of insolence and pride, shag-eared and deaf, hardly yielding to whip or spur. HE REFORMATION AND THAT AFTERWARDS IN THE ERROR WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO SCHILLER AND GERTA THERE WAS AGAIN A GROWING DEMAND FOR CULTURE LIKE THE FIRST PROTUBERANCE OF THAT WING SPOKEN OF BY PLATO AND THE PHAEDRUS WHICH AT EVERY CONTACT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BEARS THE SOUL ALOFT INTO THE UPPER REGIONS THE HABITATIONS OF THE GODS AH BEGAN THE PHILOSOPHER'S COMPANION WHEN YOU QUOTE THE DIVINE PLATO IN THE WORLD OF IDEAS I DO NOT THINK YOU ARE ANGRY WITH ME HOWEVER MUCH OF MY PREVIOUS UTTERANCE MAY HAVE MERITED YOUR DISAPPROVAL AND WRATH AS SOON AS YOU SPEAK OF IT I FEEL THE PLATONIC WING RISING WITHIN ME AND IT IS ONLY AT INTERVALS WHEN I ACT AS THE CHARIOTEER OF MY SOUL THAT I HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH THE RESISTING AND UNWILLING HORSE THAT PLATO HAS ALSO DESCRIBED TO US THE CROOKED LUMBERING ANIMAL PUT TOGETHER ANYHOW WITH A SHORT THICK NECK FLAT FACED AND OF A DARK COLOR WITH GRAY EYES AND A BLOOD RED COMPLEXION THE MATE OF INSOLENCE AND PRIDE SHAGGYARD AND DEAF HARDLY YIELDING TO WHIP OR SPUR
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