Граф Монте-Кристо

The Abbe’s Chamber.

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           "Twoyears!"exclaimedDantes;"doyoureallybelieveIcanacquireallthesethingsinsoshortatime?"

           "Nottheirapplication,certainly,buttheirprinciplesyoumay;tolearnisnottoknow;therearethelearnersandthelearned.Memorymakestheone,philosophytheother."

           "Butcannotonelearnphilosophy?"

           "Philosophycannotbetaught;itistheapplicationofthesciencestotruth;itislikethegoldencloudinwhichtheMessiahwentupintoheaven."

           "Well,then,"saidDantes,"Whatshallyouteachmefirst?Iaminahurrytobegin.Iwanttolearn."

           "Everything,"saidtheabbe.Andthatveryeveningtheprisonerssketchedaplanofeducation,tobeentereduponthefollowingday.Dantespossessedaprodigiousmemory,combinedwithanastonishingquicknessandreadinessofconception;themathematicalturnofhismindrenderedhimaptatallkindsofcalculation,whilehisnaturallypoeticalfeelingsthrewalightandpleasingveiloverthedryrealityofarithmeticalcomputation,ortherigidseverityofgeometry.HealreadyknewItalian,andhadalsopickedupalittleoftheRomaicdialectduringvoyagestotheEast;andbytheaidofthesetwolanguagesheeasilycomprehendedtheconstructionofalltheothers,sothatattheendofsixmonthshebegantospeakSpanish,English,andGerman.Instrictaccordancewiththepromisemadetotheabbe,Dantesspokenomoreofescape.

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