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ME: It seems to me that agreeable talents, even mediocre ones, among a people without morals, lost in debauchery and luxury, would enable a man to advance rapidly along the road to fortune. I myself once heard the following conversation between some sort of patron and a kind of protégé. ME IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AGREEABLE TALENTS EVEN MEDIOCRE ONES AMONG A PEOPLE WITHOUT MORALS LOST IN DEBAUCHERY AND LUXURY WOULD ENABLE A MAN TO ADVANCE RAPIDLY ALONG THE ROAD TO FORTUNE I MYSELF ONCE HEARD THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOME SORT OF PATRON AND A KIND OF PROTEGE
re an enormous length of time before the paternal molecule could reassert its mastery and take him to the state of perfect debasement where I am. He'd lose his best years. So I'm doing nothing about it at the moment. I'll let him come along. I'll keep my eye on him. He is already greedy, glib--a lazy thief and a liar. I'm afraid he's true to his heredity. ME: Why not make a musician of him, so he'll be just like you? HIM: A musician! A musician! Sometimes I look at him and grind my teeth, telling him, "If you ever learn a single note, I believe I'll wring your neck." ME: And why on earth would you do that? HIM: It doesn't lead to anything. ME: It leads to everything. HIM: Yes, when one excels, but who can promise himself that his child will excel? The odds are ten thousand to one that he'll be nothing but an unhappy scraper of strings, like me. You know, it would probably be easier to find a child suited to govern a kingdom, to make a great king, than one to make a great violin player.  HE'S NOT A TYPE IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ENORMOUS LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE THE PATERNAL MOLECULE COULD REASSERT ITS MASTERY AND TAKE HIM TO A STATE OF PERFECT DEBASEMENT WHERE I AM HE'D LOSE HIS BEST YEARS SO I'M DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT AT THE MOMENT I'LL LET HIM COME ALONG I'LL KEEP MY EYE ON HIM HE IS ALREADY GREEDY GLIB A LAZY THIEF AND A LIAR I'M AFRAID HE'S TRUE TO HIS HEREDITY ME WHY NOT MAKE A MUSICIAN OF HIM SO HE'LL BE JUST LIKE YOU HIM YOU ARE A MUSICIAN A MUSICIAN SOMETIMES I LOOK AT HIM AND GRIND MY TEETH TELLING HIM IF YOU EVER LEARN A SINGLE NOTE I BELIEVE I'LL WRING YOUR NECK ME AND WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO THAT HIM IT DOESN'T LEAD TO ANYTHING ME IT LEADS TO EVERYTHING HIM YES WHEN ONE EXCELS BUT WHO CAN PROMISE HIMSELF THAT HIS CHILD WILL EXCEL THE ODDS ARE TEN THOUSAND TO ONE THAT HE'LL BE NOTHING BUT AN UNHAPPY SCRAPER OF STRINGS LIKE ME YOU KNOW IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER TO FIND A CHILD SUITED TO GOVERN A KINGDOM TO MAKE A GREAT KING THAN ONE TO MAKE A GREAT VIOLIN PLAYER
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