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The Malady of the Century

CHAPTER IX
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Come nearer to us.

Come to our meetings--talk to our workmen.

You will find that many of us have very clear heads, and know exactly what we want, although the majority do still cling a good deal to phrases.

You will assuredly soon begin to interest yourself in the emancipation of the proletariat.
And what a future to look forward to! You might be another Lassalle, famous powerful, adored by thousands, received as a savior wherever you show yourself--make a triumphal progress through all Germany, perhaps through the world.

And over and above, the consciousness of having rendered such mighty service to your fellow-men." Wilhelm rose.
"I seem to myself to be playing a rather ridiculous part in this scene," he said; "it is a parody of the Gospel story of the Temptation.
Unfortunately, I have not the smallest particle of ambition, and have no desire to be either famous or mighty, or to make triumphal progresses.


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