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It will not make any difference to anybody or anything what I say about the Ober Ammergau Passion Play. So I shall just say what I want to. But what do I want to say? IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANYBODY OR ANYTHING WHAT I SAY ABOUT THE OBER AMMERGAU PASSION PLAY SO I SHALL JUST SAY WHAT I WANT TO BUT WHAT DO I WANT TO SAY
 on our ears. We ourselves saw the play yesterday, and we are now discussing it. I am explaining to B. the difficulty I experience in writing an account of it for my diary. I tell him that I really do not know what to say about it. He smokes for a while in silence, and then, taking the pipe from his lips, he says: "Does it matter very much what you say about it?" I find much relief in that thought. It at once lifts from my shoulders the oppressive feeling of responsibility that was weighing me down. After all, what does it matter what I say? What does it matter what any of us says about anything? Nobody takes much notice of it, luckily for everybody. This reflection must be of great comfort to editors and critics. A conscientious man who really felt that his words would carry weight and influence with them would be almost afraid to speak at all. It is the man who knows that it will not make an ounce of difference to anyone what he says, that can grow eloquent and vehement and positive. TH A MOURNFUL SWEETNESS ON OUR EARS WE OURSELVES SAW THE PLAY YESTERDAY AND WE ARE NOW DISCUSSING IT I AM EXPLAINING TO B THE DIFFICULTY I EXPERIENCE IN WRITING AN ACCOUNT OF IT FOR MY DIARY I TELL HIM THAT I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT HE SMOKES FOR A WHILE IN SILENCE AND THEN TAKING THE PIPE FROM HIS LIPS HE SAYS DOES IT MATTER VERY MUCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT IT I FIND MUCH RELIEF IN THAT THOUGHT IT AT ONCE LIFTS FROM MY SHOULDERS THE OPPRESSIVE FEELING OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WAS WEIGHING ME DOWN AFTER ALL WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT I SAY WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT ANY OF US SAYS ABOUT ANYTHING NOBODY TAKES MUCH NOTICE OF IT LUCKILY FOR EVERYBODY THIS REFLECTION MUST BE OF GREAT COMFORT TO EDITORS AND CRITICS A CONSCIENTIOUS MAN WHO REALLY FELT THAT HIS WORDS WOULD CARRY WEIGHT AND INFLUENCE WITH THEM WOULD BE ALMOST AFRAID TO SPEAK AT ALL IT IS THE MAN WHO KNOWS THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE AN OUNCE OF DIFFERENCE TO ANY ONE WHAT HE SAYS THAT CAN GROW ELOQUENT AND VEHEMENT AND POSITIVE
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