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For who knows of madness whether it is divine or whether it be of the pit? FOR WHO KNOWS OF MADNESS WHETHER IT IS DIVINE OR WHETHER IT BE OF THE PIT
s better than this; only the Sphinx was absolutely calm, her prophecy was made and she seemed to have seen her doom, so that no new thing could perturb her. But by mouldering rungs of ladders as old as Man, by slippery edges of the dreaded abyss, with an ominous dizziness about my heart and a feeling of horror in the soles of my feet, I clambered from tower to tower till I found the door that I sought; and it opened on to one of the upper branches of a huge and sombre pine, down which I climbed on to the floor of the forest. And I was glad to be back again in the forest from which I had fled. And the Sphinx in her menaced house--I know not how she fared--whether she gazes for ever, disconsolate, at the deed, remembering only in her smitten mind, at which the little boys now leer, that she once knew well those things at which man stands aghast; or whether in the end she crept away, and clambering horribly from abyss to abyss, came at last to higher things, and is wise and eternal still. CK DOOR FOR THE FOREST WAS BETTER THAN THIS ONLY THE SPHINX WAS ABSOLUTELY CALM HER PROPHECY WAS MADE AND SHE SEEMED TO HAVE SEEN HER DOOM SO THAT NO NEW THING COULD PERTURB HER BUT BY MOULDERING RUNGS OF LADDERS AS OLD AS MAN BY SLIPPERY EDGES OF THE DREADED ABYSS WITH AN OMINOUS DIZZINESS ABOUT MY HEART AND A FEELING OF HORROR IN THE SOLES AT MY FEET I CLAMBERED FROM TOWER TO TOWER TILL I FOUND THE DOOR THAT I SOUGHT AND IT OPENED ON TO ONE OF THE UPPER BRANCHES OF A HUGE AND SOMBRE PINE DOWN WHICH I CLIMBED ON TO THE FLOOR OF THE FOREST AND I WAS GLAD TO BE BACK AGAIN IN THE FOREST ON WHICH I HAD FLED AND THE SPHINX IN HER MENACED HOUSE I KNOW NOT HOW SHE FARED WHETHER SHE GAZES FOR EVER DISCONSOLATE AT THE DEED REMEMBERING ONLY IN HER SMITTEN MIND AT WHICH THE LITTLE BOYS NOW LEER THAT SHE ONCE KNEW WELL THOSE THINGS AT WHICH MAN STANDS AGHAST OR WHETHER IN THE END SHE CREPT AWAY AND CLAMBERING HORRIBLY FROM ABYSS TO ABYSS CAME AT LAST TO HIGHER THINGS AND IS WISE AND ETERNAL STILL
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