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Our embrace was a miserable failure when we did overtake him; for my friend gave a loud yell as the dog bit him, and the philosopher himself sprang away from me with such force that we both fell. OUR EMBRACE WAS A MISERABLE FAILURE WHEN WE DID OVERTAKE HIM FOR MY FRIEND GAVE A LOUD YELL AS THE DOG BIT HIM AND THE PHILOSOPHER HIMSELF SPRANG AWAY FROM ME WITH SUCH FORCE THAT WE BOTH FELL
ave ourselves up to the vehement words of the philosopher. As when a traveller, walking heedlessly across unknown ground, suddenly puts his foot over the edge of a cliff, so it now seemed to us that we had hastened to meet the great danger rather than run away from it. Here at this spot, so memorable to us, we heard the warning: "Back! Not another step! Know you not whither your footsteps tend, whither this deceitful path is luring you?" It seemed to us that we now knew, and our feeling of overflowing thankfulness impelled us so irresistibly towards our earnest counsellor and trusty Eckart, that both of us sprang up at the same moment and rushed towards the philosopher to embrace him. He was just about to move off, and had already turned sideways when we rushed up to him. The dog turned sharply round and barked, thinking doubtless, like the philosopher's companion, of an attempt at robbery rather than an enraptured embrace. It was plain that he had forgotten us. In a word, he ran away. AT PAST LIFE AS WE SILENTLY GAVE OURSELVES UP TO THE VEHEMENT WORDS OF THE PHILOSOPHER AS WHEN A TRAVELLER WALKING HEEDLESSLY ACROSS UNKNOWN GROUND SUDDENLY PUTS HIS FOOT OVER THE EDGE OF A CLIFF SO IT NOW SEEMED TO US THAT WE HAD HASTENED TO MEET THE GREAT DANGER RATHER THAN RUN AWAY FROM IT HERE AT THIS SPOT SO MEMORABLE TO US WE HEARD THE WARNING BACK NOT ANOTHER STEP KNOW YOU NOT WHITHER YOUR FOOTSTEPS TEND WHETHER THIS DECEITFUL PATH IS LURING YOU IT SEEMED TO US THAT WE NOW KNEW AND OUR FEELINGS OF OVERFLOWING THANKFULNESS IMPELLED US SO IRRESISTIBLY TOWARDS OUR EARNEST COUNSELLOR AND TRUSTY ECHARTE THAT BOTH OF US SPRANG UP AT THE MOMENT AND RUSHED TOWARDS THE PHILOSOPHER TO EMBRACE HIM HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO MOVE OFF AND HAD ALREADY TURNED SIDEWAYS WHEN WE RUSHED UP TO HIM THE DOG TURNED SHARPLY ROUND AND BARKED THINKING DOUBTLESS LIKE THE PHILOSOPHER'S COMPANION OF AN ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY RATHER THAN AN ENRAPTURED EMBRACE IT WAS PLAIN THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN US IN A WORD HE RAN AWAY
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