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For true culture would scorn to contaminate itself with the needy and covetous individual; it well knows how to give the slip to the man who would fain employ it as a means of attaining to egoistic ends; and if any one cherishes the belief that he has firmly secured it as a means of livelihood, and that he can procure the necessities of life by its sedulous cultivation, then it suddenly steals away with noiseless steps and an air of derisive mockery. FOR TRUE CULTURE WOULD SCORN TO CONTAMINATE ITSELF WITH THE NEEDY AND COVETOUS INDIVIDUAL IT WELL KNOWS HOW TO GIVE THE SLIP TO THE MAN WHO WOULD FAIN EMPLOY IT AS A MEANS OF ATTAINING TO EGOTISTIC ENDS AND IF ANY ONE CHERISHES THE BELIEF THAT HE HAS FIRMLY SECURED IT AS A MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD AND THAT HE CAN PROCURE THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE BY ITS SEDULOUS CULTIVATION THEN IT SUDDENLY STEALS AWAY WITH NOISELESS STEPS AND AN AIR OF DERISIVE MOCKERY
the means by which an insatiable, personal will to live craves for new life, with which, again, it hankers after an eternity that is at last seen to be illusory. "But even in this highest form of the ego, in the enhanced needs of such a distended and, as it were, collective individual, true culture is never touched upon; and if, for example, art is sought after, only its disseminating and stimulating actions come into prominence, _i.e._ those which least give rise to pure and noble art, and most of all to low and degraded forms of it. For in all his efforts, however great and exceptional they seem to the onlooker, he never succeeds in freeing himself from his own hankering and restless personality: that illuminated, ethereal sphere where one may contemplate without the obstruction of one's own personality continually recedes from him--and thus, let him learn, travel, and collect as he may, he must always live an exiled life at a remote distance from a higher life and from true culture. THESE ARE MERELY TURNED INTO THE MEANS BY WHICH AN INSATIABLE PERSONAL WILL TO LIVE CRAVES FOR A NEW LIFE WITH WHICH AGAIN IT HANKERS AFTER AN ETERNITY THAT HAS AT LEAST SEEN TO BE ILLUSORY BUT EVEN IN THIS HIGHEST FORM OF EGO IN THE ENHANCED NEEDS OF SUCH A DISTENDED AND AS IT WERE COLLECTIVE INDIVIDUAL TRUE CULTURE IS NEVER TOUCHED UPON AND IF FOR EXAMPLE ART IS SOUGHT AFTER ONLY ITS DISSEMINATING AND STIMULATING ACTIONS COME INTO PROMINENCE I E THOSE WHICH LEAST GIVE RISE TO PURE AND NOBLE ART AND MOST OF ALL TO LOW AND DEGRADED FORMS OF IT FOR IN ALL HIS EFFORTS HOWEVER GREAT AND EXCEPTIONAL THEY SEEM TO THE ONLOOKER HE NEVER SUCCEEDS IN FREEING HIMSELF FROM HIS OWN HANKERING AND RESTLESS PERSONALITY THAT ILLUMINATED ETHEREAL SPHERE WHERE ONE MAY CONTEMPLATE WITH THAT THE OBSTRUCTION OF ONE'S OWN PERSONALITY CONTINUALLY RECEDES FROM HIM AND THUS LET HIM LEARN TRAVEL AND COLLECT AS HE MAY HE MUST ALWAYS LIVE AN EXILE LIFE AT A REMOTE DISTANCE FROM A HIGHER LIFE AND FROM TRUE CULTURE
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