[The Malady of the Century by Max Nordau]@TWC D-Link bookThe Malady of the Century CHAPTER IX 50/61
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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