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Chapter 36

           itwillbringdownuponmeaneternaldarkness,andcloseupforeverthemarvellousscenesoftheuniverse!Solittle!—todosomuch!IhavefastenedLucio’swedding-giftroundmywaist—thebeautifulsnakeofjewelsthatclingstomeasthoughitwerechargedwithanembracefromhim—ah!wouldIcouldcheatmyselfintosopleasingafancy!...Iamtrembling,butnotwithcoldorfear—itissimplyanexcitationofthenerves——aninstinctiverecoiloffleshandbloodatthenearprospectofdeath....Howbrilliantlythesunshinesthroughmywindow!—itscallousgoldenstarehaswatchedsomanytorturedcreaturesdiewithoutsomuchasacloudtodimitsradiancebywayofthesuggestionofpity!IftherewereaGodIfancyHewouldbelikethesun—glorious,changeless,unapproachable,beautiful,butpitiless!

           ·····OutofallthevarioustypesofhumanbeingsIthinkIhatetheclasscalledpoetsmost.Iusedtolovethemandbelieveinthem;butIknowthemnowtobemereweaversoflies—buildersofcloudcastlesinwhichnothrobbinglifecanbreathe,nowearyheartfindrest.Loveistheirchiefmotive—theyeitheridealizeordegradeit—andofthelovewewomenlongformost,theyhavenoconception.Theycanonlysingofbrutepassionorethicalimpossibilities—ofthemutualgreatsympathy,theungrudgingpatienttendernessthatshouldmakelovelovely,theyhavenosweetthingstosay.

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