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Now look and listen  you can never listen enough! When you again observe the orchestra, now loftily storming, now fervently wailing, when you notice the quick tightening of every muscle and the rhythmical necessity of every gesture, then you too will feel what a pre established harmony there is between leader and followers, and how in the hierarchy of spirits everything impels us towards the establishment of a like organisation. NOW LOOK AND LISTEN YOU CAN NEVER LISTEN ENOUGH WHEN YOU AGAIN OBSERVED THE ORCHESTRA NOW LOFTILY STORNING NOW FERVENTLY WAILING WHEN YOU NOTICED THE QUICK TIGHTENING OF EVERY MUSCLE AND THE RHYTHMICAL NECESSITY OF EVERY GESTURE THEN YOU TOO WILL FEEL WHAT A PRE ESTABLISHED HARMONY THERE IS BETWEEN LEADER AND FOLLOWERS AND HOW IN THE HIERARCHY OF SPIRITS EVERYTHING IMPELS US TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIKE ORGANIZATION
ng movement of this comical spectacle, this harmonious parody on the _homo sapiens_. "Now, on the other hand, assume that your musical sense has returned, and that your ears are opened. Look at the honest conductor at the head of the orchestra performing his duties in a dull, spiritless fashion: you no longer think of the comical aspect of the whole scene, you listen--but it seems to you that the spirit of tediousness spreads out from the honest conductor over all his companions. Now you see only torpidity and flabbiness, you hear only the trivial, the rhythmically inaccurate, and the melodiously trite. You see the orchestra only as an indifferent, ill-humoured, and even wearisome crowd of players. "But set a genius--a real genius--in the midst of this crowd; and you instantly perceive something almost incredible. It is as if this genius, in his lightning transmigration, had entered into these mechanical, lifeless bodies, and as if only one demoniacal eye gleamed forth out of them all. THE STERN MEDIAEVAL WOODCUTTING MOVEMENT OF THIS COMICAL SPECTACLE THIS HARMONIOUS PARODY ON THE HOMO SAPIENS NOW ON THE OTHER HAND ASSUME THAT YOUR MUSICAL SENSE HAS RETURNED AND THAT YOUR EARS ARE OPENED LOOK AT THE HONEST CONDUCTOR AT THE HEAD OF THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMING HIS DUTIES IN A DULL SPIRITLESS FASHION YOU NO LONGER THINK OF THE COMICAL ASPECT OF THE WHOLE SCENE YOU LISTEN BUT IT SEEMS TO YOU THAT THE SPIRIT OF TEDIOUSNESS SPREADS OUT FROM THE HONEST CONDUCTOR OVER ALL HIS COMPANIONS NOW YOU SEE ONLY TORPIDITY AND FLABBINESS YOU HEAR ONLY THE TRIVIAL THE RHYTHMICALLY INACCURATE AND THE MELODIOUSLY TRITE YOU SEE THE ORCHESTRA ONLY AS AN INDIFFERENT ILL HUMOURED AND EVEN WEARISOME CROWD OF PLAYERS BUT SET A GENIUS A REAL GENIUS IN THE MIDST OF THIS CROWD AND YOU INSTANTLY PERCEIVE SOMETHING ALMOST INCREDIBLE IT IS AS IF THIS GENIUS IN HIS LIGHTNING TRANSMIGRATION HAD ENTERED INTO THESE MECHANICAL LIFELESS BODIES AND AS IF ONLY ONE DEMONACAL EYE GLEAMED FORTH OUT OF ALL OF THEM
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