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 OF TARANTULA

" Behold, this is the cave of the tarantula ! Wouldst thou see itself ? Here hangeth its net. Touch it so as to make it tremble.

There the tarantula cometh willingly. Welcome, tarantula ! Black on thy back is thy triangle and mark ; besides I know what is in thy soul.

Revenge is in thy soul : wherever thou bitest, black canker waxeth ; with revenge thy poison maketh the soul turn round.

Thus I speak unto you in a parable, ye who make the souls turn round, ye preachers of equality! For me ye are tarantulae and underhand revengeful ones !

But I shall bring unto the light your hiding places. Therefore I laugh into your face my laughter of the height.

Therefore I tear at your net so that rage may tempt you out of your cave of lying and your revenge may jump forth from behind your word 'justice.'

To save man from revenge, that is for me the bridge towards the highest hope and a rainbow after long thunderstorms.

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