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Go where you please, I expect you in Paris, talking philosophy and the doctrines of Plato; you will have to come, whether you want to or not. GO WHERE YOU PLEASE I EXPECT YOU IN PARIS TALKING PHILOSOPHY AND THE DOCTRINES OF PLATO YOU WILL HAVE TO COME WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT
at that time the prediction which I am about to make has not been fulfilled, burn it as a piece of folly out of charity and respect for my memory. This is my prediction: you will be, Proudhon, in spite of yourself, inevitably, by the fact of your destiny, a writer, an author; you will be a philosopher; you will be one of the lights of the century, and your name will occupy a place in the annals of the nineteenth century, like those of Gassendi, Descartes, Malebranche, and Bacon in the seventeenth, and those of Diderot, Montesquieu, Helvetius. Locke, Hume, and Holbach in the eighteenth. Such will be your lot! Do now what you will, set type in a printing-office, bring up children, bury yourself in deep seclusion, seek obscure and lonely villages, it is all one to me; you cannot escape your destiny; you cannot divest yourself of your noblest feature, that active, strong, and inquiring mind, with which you are endowed; your place in the world has been appointed, and it cannot remain empty. OR TWENTY YEARS HENCE PERHAPS TWENTY FIVE AND IF AT THAT TIME THE PREDICTION WHICH I AM ABOUT TO MAKE HAS NOT BEEN FULFILLED BURN IT AS A PIECE OF FOLLY OUT OF CHARITY IN RESPECT FOR MY MEMORY THIS IS MY PREDICTION YOU WILL BE PRUDENT IN SPITE OF YOURSELF INEVITABLY BY THE FACT OF YOUR DESTINY A WRITER AN AUTHOR YOU WILL BE A PHILOSOPHER YOU WILL BE ONE OF THE LIGHTS OF THE CENTURY AND YOUR NAME WILL OCCUPY A PLACE IN THE ANNALS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY LIKE THOSE OF GASONDIE DESARTES MALE BROCHE AND BACON IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND THOSE OF DIDORHONTESQUIE ELVESIUS LOCKE HUME AND OBAK IN THE EIGHTEENTH SUCH WILL BE YOUR LOT DO NOW WHAT YOU WILL SET TYPE IN A PRINTING OFFICE BRING UP CHILDREN BURY YOURSELF IN DEEP SECLUSION SEEK OBSCURE AND LONELY VILLAGES IT IS ALL ONE TO ME YOU CANNOT ESCAPE YOUR DESTINY YOU CANNOT DIVEST YOURSELF OF YOUR NOBLEST FEATURE THAT ACTIVE STRONG AND INQUIRING MIND WITH WHICH YOU ARE ENDOWED YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN APPOINTED AND IT CANNOT REMAIN EMPTY
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