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Yes, I have to admit it. There's something there which speaks to me. I've never heard a single genius praised without such tributes to him making me secretly enraged. I get envious. YES I HAVE TO ADMIT IT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WHICH SPEAKS TO ME I'VE NEVER HEARD A SINGLE GENIUS PRAISED WITHOUT SUCH TRIBUTES TO HIM MAKING ME SECRETLY ENRAGED I GET ENVIOUS
 point is that you and I exist and that we exist as you and I. Let everything beyond that go ahead however it can. The best order of things, in my view, is one in which I had to exist. Who cares about the most perfect of worlds, if I'm not on it? I prefer to exist, even as an impertinent quibbler, than not to exist at all. ME: There's no one who doesn't think just as you do and who doesn't put existing order on trial, without noticing he's renouncing his own existence. HIM: That's true. ME: So let's accept things as they are. Let's see what they cost us and what they bring us, leaving aside everything we don't know well enough to assign praise or blame--what's perhaps neither good nor bad, but what's necessary, as many respectable people think. HIM: I don't understand much about that spiel you've just given me. It seems like philosophy, and I warn you I'll not get mixed up in that. All I know is that I'd be quite happy to be someone else, on the off-chance I'd be a genius, a great man.  YOU'RE RIGHT THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT YOU AND I EXIST AND THAT WE EXIST AS YOU AND I LETS EVERYTHING BEYOND THAT GO AHEAD HOWEVER IT CAN THE BEST ORDER OF THINGS IN MY VIEW IS ONE IN WHICH I HAD TO EXIST WHO CARES ABOUT THE MOST PERFECT OF WORLDS IF I'M NOT ON IT I PREFER TO EXIST EVEN AS AN IMPERTINENT QUIBBLER THAT NOT TO EXIST AT ALL ME THERE'S NO ONE WHO DOESN'T THINK JUST AS YOU DO AND WHO DOESN'T PUT EXISTING ORDER ON TRIAL WITHOUT NOTICING HE'S RENOUNCING HIS OWN EXISTENCE HIM THAT'S TRUE ME SO LET'S ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE LET'S SEE WHAT THEY COST US AND WHAT THEY BRING US LEAVING ASIDE EVERYTHING WE DON'T KNOW WELL ENOUGH TO ASSIGN PRAISE OR BLAME WHAT'S PERHAPS NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD BUT WHAT'S NECESSARY AS MANY RESPECTABLE PEOPLE THINK HIM I DON'T UNDERSTAND MUCH ABOUT THAT SPEEL YOU'VE JUST GIVEN ME IT SEEMS LIKE PHILOSOPHY AND I WARN YOU I'LL NOT GET MIXED UP IN THAT ALL I KNOW IS THAT I'D BE QUITE HAPPY TO BE SOME ONE ELSE ON THE OFF CHANCE I'D BE A GENIUS A GREAT MAN
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