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For now we saw how thoughtless, unprepared, and baseless were all the objections we had made, and how greatly the echo of _the_ present was heard in them, the voice of which, in the province of culture, the old man would fain not have heard. FOR NOW WE SAW HOW THOUGHTLESS UNPREPARED AND BASELESS WERE ALL THE OBJECTIONS WE HAD MADE AND HOW GREATLY THE ECHO OF THE PRESENT WAS HEARD IN THEM THE VOICE OF WHICH IN THE PROVINCE OF CULTURE THE OLD MAN WOULD FAIN NOT HAVE HEARD
im--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? 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?  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 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
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