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Not another step! Know you not whither your footsteps tend, whither this deceitful path is luring you?" NOT ANOTHER STEP KNOW YOU NOT WHITHER YOUR FOOTSTEPS TEND WHETHER THIS DECEITFUL PATH IS LURING YOU
. I have already told you that at that place and at that hour we had intended to hold a festival in commemoration of something: and this something had to do with nothing else than matters concerning educational training, of which we, in our own youthful opinions, had garnered a plentiful harvest during our past life. We were thus disposed to remember with gratitude the institution which we had at one time thought out for ourselves at that very spot in order, as I have already mentioned, that we might reciprocally encourage and watch over one another's educational impulses. But a sudden and unexpected light was thrown on all that past life as we silently gave ourselves up to the vehement words of the philosopher. As when a traveller, walking heedlessly across unknown ground, suddenly puts his foot over the edge of a cliff, so it now seemed to us that we had hastened to meet the great danger rather than run away from it. Here at this spot, so memorable to us, we heard the warning: "Back! IN OUR HIDING PLACE I HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT AT THAT PLACE AND AT THAT HOUR WE HAD INTENDED TO HOLD A FESTIVAL IN COMMEMORATION OF SOMETHING AND THIS SOMETHING HAD TO DO WITH NOTHING ELSE THAN MATTERS CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL TRAINING OF WHICH WE IN OUR OWN YOUTHFUL OPINIONS HAD GARNERED A PLENTIFUL HARVEST DURING OUR PAST LIFE WE WERE THUS DISPOSED TO REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE THE INSTITUTION WHICH WE HAD AT ONE TIME THOUGHT OUT FOR OURSELVES AT THAT VERY SPOT IN ORDER AS I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT RECIPROCALLY ENCOURAGE AND WATCH OVER ONE ANOTHER'S EDUCATIONAL IMPULSES BUT A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED LIGHT WAS THROWN ON ALL THAT PAST LIFE AS WE SILENTLY GAVE OURSELVES UP TO THE VEHEMENT WORDS OF THE PHILOSOPHER AS WHEN A TRAVELLER WALKING HEEDLESSLY ACROSS UNKNOWN GROUND SUDDENLY PUTS HIS FOOT OVER THE EDGE OF A CLIFF SO IT NOW SEEMED TO US THAT WE HAD HASTENED TO MEET THE GREAT DANGER RATHER THAN RUN AWAY FROM IT HERE AT THIS SPOT SO MEMORABLE TO US WE HEARD THE WARNING BACK
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