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him about the sailors, the rabbits, and the flying man.

"What am I to think of that!" said Zarathustra. "Am I a ghost?

But it may have been my shadow. I suppose ye have heard some things about the wanderer and his shadow ?

But one thing is sure : I must keep it shorter, otherwise it spoileth my reputation."

And Zarathustra shook his head once more and wondered. " What am I to think of that ! " he re- peated.

" Why did that ghost cry : ' It is high time ! '

For ivhat is it high time ? "

Thus spake Zarathustra.

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