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Just imagine for a moment that you were deaf, and had never dreamed of the existence of sound or music, and that you were looking upon the orchestra as a company of actors, and trying to enjoy their performance as a drama and nothing more. JUST IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT THAT YOU WERE DEAF AND YOU HAD NEVER DREAMED OF THE EXISTENCE OF SOUND OR MUSIC AND THAT YOU WERE LOOKING UPON THE ORCHESTRA AS A COMPANY OF ACTORS AND TRYING TO ENJOY THEIR PERFORMANCE AS A DRAMA NOTHING MORE
osition prevails in the hierarchy of spirits: yea, a kind of pre-established harmony. This eternal hierarchy, towards which all things naturally tend, is always threatened by that pseudo-culture which now sits on the throne of the present. It endeavours either to bring the leaders down to the level of its own servitude or else to cast them out altogether. It seduces the followers when they are seeking their predestined leader, and overcomes them by the fumes of its narcotics. When, however, in spite of all this, leader and followers have at last met, wounded and sore, there is an impassioned feeling of rapture, like the echo of an ever-sounding lyre, a feeling which I can let you divine only by means of a simile. "Have you ever, at a musical rehearsal, looked at the strange, shrivelled-up, good-natured species of men who usually form the German orchestra? What changes and fluctuations we see in that capricious goddess 'form'! What noses and ears, what clumsy, _danse macabre_ movements!  CERTAIN RECIPROCAL PREDISPOSITION PREVAILS IN THE HIERARCHY OF SPIRITS YEA A KIND OF PRE ESTABLISHED HARMONY THIS ETERNAL HIERARCHY TOWARDS WHICH ALL THINGS NATURALLY TEND IS ALWAYS THREATENED BY THAT PSEUDO CULTURE WHICH NOW SITS ON THE THRONE OF THE PRESENT IT ENDEAVORS EITHER TO BRING THE NEW LEADERS DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF ITS OWN SERVITUDE OR ELSE TO CAST THEM OUT ALTOGETHER IT SEDUCES THE FOLLOWERS WHEN THEY ARE SEEKING THEIR PREDESTINED LEADER AND OVERCOMES THEM BY THE FUMES OF ITS NARCOTICS WHEN HOWEVER IN SPITE OF ALL THIS LEADER AND FOLLOWERS HAVE AT LAST MET WOUNDED AND SORE THERE IS AN IMPASSIONED FEELING OF RAPTURE LIKE THE ECHO OF AN EVER SOUNDING LYRE A FEELING WHICH I CAN LET YOU DIVINE ONLY BY MEANS OF A SIMILE HAVE YOU EVER AT A MUSICAL REHEARSAL LOOKED AT THE STRANGE SHRIVELLED UP GOOD NATURED SPECIES OF MEN WHO USUALLY FORM THE GERMAN ORCHESTRA WHAT CHANGES AND FLUCTUATIONS WE SEE IN THAT CAPRICIOUS GODDESS FORM WHAT NOSES AND EARS WHAT CLUMSY DUNCE MICAWBRA MOVEMENTS
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