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38 ever, has always been very small. Fourthly, the thinkers and scientific workers; they rarely strove after effects, but silently threw up their mole-hills. This they have caused little annoyance and discomfort, anil very often, as objects of derision and mockery, involuntarily made life lighter to the pursuers of the “life active." Last of all, science became of great advantage to all : if, for the sake of this advantage, many of those who werepredestined for the “life active," now carve out their way to science in the sweat of their brows and notwithout brain-racking and imprecations, it is not the fault of the host of thinkers and workers of science; it is “self-wrought pain."

‘’Origin of the “life contemplative."—In barbarousages when pessimist opinions rule man and the world, the individual, in the consciousness of his full power, is ever intent upon acting in conformity with these opinions and upon translating the idea into action by means of committing, robbery, ambuscade, maltreatment and murder; including the feebler imitations of the same, such as alone are permitted within the community. But whenhis power declines, when he feels tired, ill, melancholy or over-satiated, and, in consequence, temporarily void of wishes and desires, he is a comparatively better, that is, a less dangerous man, and his pessimist notions find vent only in words and thoughts, respecting, for instance,