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 Kroll.

All the people?

Rosmer.

As many as possible, at any rate.

Kroll.

By what means?

Rosmer.

By freeing their minds and purifying their wills.

Kroll.

You are a dreamer, Rosmer. Will you free them? Will you purify them?

Rosmer.

No, my dear friend—I will only try to arouse them to their task. They themselves must accomplish it.

Kroll.

And you think they can?

Rosmer.

Yes.

Kroll.

By their own strength?

Rosmer.

Yes, precisely by their own strength. There is no other.

Kroll.

[Rises.] Is this becoming language for a priest?

Rosmer.

I am no longer a priest.