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In this condition I, and a friend about my own age, spent a year at the University of Bonn on the Rhine,  it was a year which, in its complete lack of plans and projects for the future, seems almost like a dream to me now  a dream framed, as it were, by two periods of growth. IN THIS CONDITION I AND A FRIEND ABOUT MY OWN AGE SPENT A YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BONN ON THE RHINE IT WAS A YEAR WHICH IN ITS COMPLETE LACK OF PLANS AND PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE SEEMS ALMOST LIKE A DREAM TO ME NOW A DREAM FRAMED AS IT WERE BY TWO PERIODS OF GROWTH
granted that in a quarter where so much is _done_ for the things of which I wish to speak, people must also _think_ a good deal about them. In my account of the conversation already mentioned, I shall be able to make myself completely understood only to those among my audience who will be able to guess what I can do no more than suggest, who will supply what I am compelled to omit, and who, above all, need but to be reminded and not taught. Listen, therefore, ladies and gentlemen, while I recount my harmless experience and the less harmless conversation between the two gentlemen whom, so far, I have not named. Let us now imagine ourselves in the position of a young student--that is to say, in a position which, in our present age of bewildering movement and feverish excitability, has become an almost impossible one. It is necessary to have lived through it in order to believe that such careless self-lulling and comfortable indifference to the moment, or to time in general, are possible. SO I PRESUME I MAY TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT IN A QUARTER WHERE SO MUCH IS DONE FOR THE THINGS OF WHICH I WISH TO SPEAK PEOPLE MUST ALSO THINK A GOOD DEAL ABOUT THEM IN MY ACCOUNT OF THE CONVERSATION ALREADY MENTIONED I SHALL BE ABLE TO MAKE MYSELF COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD ONLY TO THOSE AMONG MY AUDIENCE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GUESS WHAT I CAN DO NO MORE THAN SUGGEST WHO WILL SUPPLY WHAT I AM COMPELLED TO OMIT AND WHO ABOVE ALL NEED BUT TO BE REMINDED NOT TAUGHT LISTEN THEREFORE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHILE I RECOUNT MY HARMLESS EXPERIENCE AND THE LESS HARMLESS CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO SO FAR I HAVE NOT NAMED LET US NOW IMAGINE OURSELVES IN THE POSITION OF A YOUNG STUDENT THAT IS TO SAY IN A POSITION WHICH IN OUR PRESENT AGE OF BEWILDERING MOVEMENT AND FEVERISH EXCITABILITY HAS BECOME AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ONE IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE LIVED THROUGH IT IN ORDER TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH CARELESS SELF LULLING AND COMFORTABLE INDIFFERENCE TO THE MOMENT OR TO TIME IN GENERAL ARE POSSIBLE
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