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Some time elapsed in this way, and while the glow of sunset grew steadily paler the recollection of our youthful undertaking in the cause of culture waxed ever more vivid. SOME TIME ELAPSED IN THIS WAY AND WHILE THE GLOW OF SUNSET GREW STEADILY PALER THE RECOLLECTION OF OUR YOUTHFUL UNDERTAKING IN THE CAUSE OF CULTURE WAXED EVEN MORE VIVID
day: they, as servants of a true philosophy, had to remain silent for five years--possibly you may also be able to remain silent for five times fifteen minutes, as servants of your own future culture, about which you seem so concerned." We had reached our destination: the solemnisation of our rite began. As on the previous occasion, five years ago, the Rhine was once more flowing beneath a light mist, the sky seemed bright and the woods exhaled the same fragrance. We took our places on the farthest corner of the most distant bench; sitting there we were almost concealed, and neither the philosopher nor his companion could see our faces. We were alone: when the sound of the philosopher's voice reached us, it had become so blended with the rustling leaves and with the buzzing murmur of the myriads of living things inhabiting the wooded height, that it almost seemed like the music of nature; as a sound it resembled nothing more than a distant monotonous plaint. We were indeed undisturbed. TE THE PYTHAGOREANS TO DAY THEY AS SERVANTS OF TRUE PHILOSOPHY HAD TO REMAIN SILENT FOR FIVE YEARS POSSIBLY YOU MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO REMAIN SILENT FOR FIVE MINUTES FIFTEEN MINUTES AS SERVANTS OF YOUR OWN FUTURE CULTURE ABOUT WHICH YOU SEEM SO CONCERNED WE HAD REACHED OUR DESTINATION THE SOLEMNIZATION OF OUR RIGHT BEGAN AS ON THE PREVIOUS OCCASION FIVE YEARS AGO THE RAIN WAS ONCE MORE FLOWING BENEATH A LIGHT MIST THE SKY SEEMED BRIGHT AND THE WOODS EXHALED THE SAME FRAGRANCE WE TOOK OUR PLACES ON THE FARTHEST CORNER OF THE MOST DISTANT BENCH SITTING THERE WE WERE ALMOST CONCEALED AND NEITHER THE PHILOSOPHER NOR HIS COMPANION COULD SEE OUR FACES WE WERE ALONE WHEN THE SOUND OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S VOICE REACHED US IT HAD BECOME SO BLENDED WITH THE RUSTLING LEAVES AND WITH THE BUZZING MURMUR OF THE MYRIADS OF LIVING THINGS INHABITING THE WOODED HEIGHT THAT IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE THE MUSIC OF NATURE AS A SOUND IT RESEMBLED NOTHING MORE THAN A DISTANT MONOTONOUS PLAINT WE WERE INDEED UNDISTURBED
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