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 IO6 THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, I

Spirit and virtue also have lost themselves in seeking and erring hitherto. Yea, man hath been only an attempt. Alas, much ignorance and error have become body in us !

Not only the reason of millenniums but also their madness breaketh out in us. Dangerous it is to be an heir.

Yet we fight step by step with the giant of chance ; over all humanity hitherto not-sense, the lack of sense, hath ruled.

Let your spirit and your virtue serve the signifi- cance of earth, my brethren ; and let the value of all things be fixed anew by yourselves ! Therefore ye shall be fighters ! Therefore ye shall be creators !

Knowingly the body purifieth itself ; attempting with knowledge it exalteth itself; for him who per- ceiveth all instincts are proclaimed holy ; the soul of him who is exalted waxeth merry.

Physician, heal thyself ; so thou healest also thy patient. Let that be his best health, that he may see with his own eyes him who hath made himself whole.

A thousand paths there are which have never yet been walked, a thousand healths and hidden islands of life. Unexhausted and undiscovered ever are man and the human earth.

Awake and listen, ye lonely ones ! From the future winds are coming with a gentle beating of

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