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98 the eagle, and it will come; I will tell it that the last man, on departing from life, leaves him a god as a gift.

. Poor, ignorant wretch, who rejects a throne! No, you cannot reject it.

. Now it is you who are raving. Kneel, and let me manacle your arms. So, 'tis well you will resist no more. Bend this way; now your legs

. Have done, have done. It is the passions of earth turning upon me; but I, who am not a human being, do not know ingratitude. You will not be spared a jot of your destiny; it will be fulfilled to the letter. You yourself will be the new Hercules. I, who announced the glory of the other, now proclaim yours; and you will be no less generous than he.

. Are you mad?

. The truth unknown to man is the madness of him who proclaims it. Proceed, and have done.