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Prophets of Dissent

Note (26) — III THE EXALTATION OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

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O man! Lose not sight! What saith the deep midnight? “I lay in sleep, in sleep; From deep dream I woke to light. The world is deep, And deeper than ever day though! it might. Deep is its woe,— And deeper still than woe—delight.” Saith woe: “Pass, go! Eternity's sought by all delight,— Eternity deep—by all delight.

“Thus Spake Zarathustra,” The Drunken Song, p. 174.—The translation but faintly suggests the poetic appeal of the original.

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