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           Secondly,Marinettiiswrongwhenheclaimsthatmatteristheonlymysteryandtheonlyreality.Isayandasyou,myreader,realize,Ispeakwithauthority—Isaythatmatteristheonlyillusion.Comtecalledtheworld,whichistantamounttomatter,thegreatfetich,andIagreewithComte.

           Itislifethatistherealityandthemystery.Lifeisvastlydifferentfrommerechemicmatterfluxinginhighmodesofnotion.Lifepersists.Lifeisthethreadoffirethatpersiststhroughallthemodesofmatter.Iknow.Iamlife.Ihavelivedtenthousandgenerations.Ihavelivedmillionsofyears.Ihavepossessedmanybodies.I,thepossessorofthesemanybodies,havepersisted.Iamlife.Iamtheunquenchedsparkeverflashingandastonishingthefaceoftime,everworkingmywillandwreakingmypassiononthecloddyaggregatesofmatter,calledbodies,whichIhavetransientlyinhabited.

           Forlookyou.Thisfingerofmine,soquickwithsensation,sosubtletofeel,sodelicateinitsmultifariousdexterities,sofirmandstrongtocrookandbendorstiffenbymeansofcunningleverages—thisfingerisnotI.Cutitoff.Ilive.Thebodyismutilated.Iamnotmutilated.ThespiritthatisIiswhole.

           Verywell.Cutoffallmyfingers.IamI.Thespiritisentire.Cutoffbothhands.Cutoffbotharmsattheshoulder-sockets.Cutoffbothlegsatthehip-sockets.