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"Perhaps you wonder it did not make me misanthropical. My dear friends, do not forget that I had seen myself. That made me compassionate not cynical. PERHAPS YOU WONDER IT DID NOT MAKE ME MISANTHROPICAL MY DEAR FRIENDS DO NOT FORGET THAT I HAD SEEN MYSELF THAT MADE ME COMPASSIONATE NOT CYNICAL
th me, premature age, a past of melancholy memories, and the magic spectacles. I had become their slave. I had nothing more to fear. Having seen myself, I was compelled to see others, properly to understand my relations to them. The lights that cheer the future of other men had gone out for me; my eyes were those of an exile turned backwards upon the receding shore, and not forwards with hope upon the ocean. "I mingled with men, but with little pleasure. There are but many varieties of a few types. I did not find those I came to clearer-sighted than those I had left behind. I heard men called shrewd and wise, and report said they were highly intelligent and successful. My finest sense detected no aroma of purity and principle; but I saw only a fungus that had fattened and spread in a night. They went to the theatres to see actors upon the stage. I went to see actors in the boxes, so consummately cunning, that others did not know they were acting, and they did not suspect it themselves. N AFTER I BROUGHT WITH ME PREMATURE AGE A PAST OF MELANCHOLY MEMORIES AND THE MAGIC SPECTACLES I HAD BECOME THEIR SLAVE I HAD NOTHING MORE TO FEAR HAVING SEEN MYSELF I WAS COMPELLED TO SEE OTHERS PROPERLY TO UNDERSTAND MY RELATIONS TO THEM THE LIGHTS THAT CHEER THE FUTURE OF OTHER MEN HAD GONE OUT FOR ME MY EYES WERE THOSE OF AN EXILE TURNED BACKWARDS UPON THE RECEDING SHORE AND NOT FORWARDS WITH HOPE UPON THE OCEAN I MINGLED WITH MEN BUT WITH LITTLE PLEASURE THERE ARE BUT MANY VARIETIES OF A FEW TYPES I DID NOT FIND THOSE I CAME TO CLEARER SIGHTED THAN THOSE I HAD LEFT BEHIND I HEARD MEN CALLED SHREWD AND WISE AND REPORTS SAID THAT THEY WERE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT AND SUCCESSFUL MY FINEST SENSE DETECTED NO AROMA OF PURITY AND PRINCIPLE BUT I SAW ONLY A FUNGUS THAT HAD FATTENED AND SPREAD IN A NIGHT THEY WENT TO THE THEATRES TO SEE ACTORS UPON THE STAGE I WENT TO SEE ACTORS IN THE BOXES SO CONSUMMATELY CUNNING THAT OTHERS DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE ACTING AND THEY DID NOT SUSPECT IT THEMSELVES
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