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They arose perhaps from the instinctive anxiety to know whether, if the philosopher's views were carried into effect, our own personalities would find a place in the higher or lower division; and this made it necessary for us to find some arguments against the mode of thinking which robbed us of our self styled claims to culture. People, however, should not argue with companions who feel the weight of an argument so personally; or, as the moral in our case would have been: such companions should not argue, should not contradict at all. THEY AROSE PERHAPS FROM THE INSTINCTIVE ANXIETY TO KNOW WHETHER IF THE PHILOSOPHER'S VIEWS WERE CARRIED INTO EFFECT OUR OWN PERSONALITIES WOULD FIND A PLACE IN THE HIGHER OR LOWER DIVISION AND THIS MADE IT NECESSARY FOR US TO FIND SOME ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE MODE OF THINKING WHICH ROBBED US OF OUR SELF STYLED CLAIMS TO CULTURE PEOPLE HOWEVER SHOULD NOT ARGUE WITH COMPANIONS WHO FEEL THE WEIGHT OF AN ARGUMENT SO PERSONALLY OR AS THE MORAL IN OUR CASE WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH COMPANIONS SHOULD NOT ARGUE SHOULD NOT CONTRADICT AT ALL
 the reader who feels his indignation rising at this suggestion let it be added that this bridge often leads from distant hero-worship to personal love and pity. And, after the feeling that our personality had been restored to us, this pity gradually became stronger and stronger. Why were we making this old man walk up and down with us between the rocks and trees at that time of the night? And, since he had yielded to our entreaties, why could we not have thought of a more modest and unassuming manner of having ourselves instructed, why should the three of us have contradicted him in such clumsy terms? For now we saw how thoughtless, unprepared, and baseless were all the objections we had made, and how greatly the echo of _the_ present was heard in them, the voice of which, in the province of culture, the old man would fain not have heard. Our objections, however, were not purely intellectual ones: our reasons for protesting against the philosopher's statements seemed to lie elsewhere. HIM AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE READER WHO FEELS HIS INDIGNATION RISING AT THIS SUGGESTION LET IT BE ADDED THAT THIS BRIDGE OFTEN LEADS FROM DISTANT HERO WORSHIP TO PERSONAL LOVE AND PITY AND AFTER THE FEELING THAT OUR PERSONALITY HAD BEEN RESTORED TO US THIS PITY GRADUALLY BECAME STRONGER AND STRONGER WHY WERE WE MAKING THIS OLD MAN WALK UP AND DOWN WITH US BETWEEN THE ROCKS AND TREES AT THAT TIME OF THE NIGHT AND SINCE HE HAD YIELDED TO OUR ENTREATIES WHY COULD WE NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF A MORE MODEST AND UNASSUMING MANNER OF HAVING OURSELVES INSTRUCTED WHY SHOULD THE THREE OF US HAVE CONTRADICTED HIM IN SUCH CLUMSY TERMS FOR NOW WE SAW HOW THOUGHTLESS UNPREPARED AND BASELESS WERE ALL THE OBJECTIONS WE HAD MADE AND HOW GREATLY THE ECHO OF THE PRESENT WAS HEARD IN THEM THE VOICE OF WHICH IN THE PROVINCE OF CULTURE THE OLD MAN WOULD FAIN NOT HAVE HEARD OUR OBJECTIONS HOWEVER WERE NOT PURELY INTELLECTUAL ONES OUR REASONS FOR PROTESTING AGAINST THE PHILOSOPHER'S STATEMENT SEEMED TO LIE ELSEWHERE
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