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For so wretched is man that he never feels himself brought into such close contact with a stranger as when the latter shows some sign of weakness, some defect. FOR SO WRETCHED IS MAN THAT HE NEVER FEELS HIMSELF BROUGHT INTO SUCH CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE STRANGER AS WHEN THE LATTER SHOWS SOME SIGN OF WEAKNESS SOME DEFECT
re is a need which must be seen to, just like cold and hunger. But the man who is not affected at all by this matter most certainly has a standard by which to measure the extent of his own culture, and thus to know what I call 'culture,' and where the line should be drawn between that which is ruled from below upwards and that which is ruled from above downwards." The philosopher seemed to be speaking very heatedly. We begged him to walk round with us again, since he had uttered the latter part of his discourse standing near the tree-stump which had served us as a target. For a few minutes not a word more was spoken. Slowly and thoughtfully we walked to and fro. We did not so much feel ashamed of having brought forward such foolish arguments as we felt a kind of restitution of our personality. After the heated and, so far as we were concerned, very unflattering utterance of the philosopher, we seemed to feel ourselves nearer to him--that we even stood in a personal relationship to him.  QUESTION FEELS THERE IS A NEED WHICH MUST BE SEEN TO JUST LIKE COLD AND HUNGER BUT THE MAN WHO IS NOT AFFECTED AT ALL BY THIS MATTER MOST CERTAINLY HAS A STANDARD BY WHICH TO MEASURE THE EXTENT OF HIS OWN CULTURE AND THUS TO KNOW WHAT I CALL CULTURE AND WHERE THE LINE SHOULD BE DRAWN BETWEEN THAT WHICH IS RULED FROM BELOW UPWARDS AND THAT WHICH IS RULED FROM ABOVE DOWNWARDS THE PHILOSOPHER SEEMED TO BE SPEAKING VERY HEATEDLY WE BEGGED HIM TO WALK ROUND WITH US AGAIN SINCE HE HAD UTTERED THE LATTER PART OF HIS DISCOURSE STANDING NEAR THE TREE STUMP WHICH HAD SERVED US AS A TARGET FOR A FEW MINUTES NOT A WORD MORE WAS SPOKEN SLOWLY AND THOUGHTFULLY WE WALKED TO AND FRO WE DID NOT SO MUCH FEEL ASHAMED OF HAVING BROUGHT FORWARD SUCH FOOLISH ARGUMENTS AS WE FELT A KIND OF RESTITUTION OF OUR PERSONALITY AFTER THE HEATED AND SO FAR AS WE WERE CONCERNED VERY UNFLATTERING UTTERANCE OF THE PHILOSOPHER WE SEEMED TO FEEL OURSELVES NEARER TO HIM THAT WE EVEN STOOD IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP TO HIM
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