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 OF THE VISION AND THE RIDDLE

��When the rumour spread among the shipmen that Zarathustra was on board the ship (for at the same time with him a man had come aboard who came from the blissful islands), great curiosity and expec- tation arose. But Zarathustra was silent for two days and was cold and deaf from sadness so that he neither answered looks nor questions. But on the evening of the second day he opened his ears again although he still remained silent. For there were many strange and dangerous things to be heard on that ship which came from a far distance and went far further. But Zarathustra was a friend of all such as make distant voyages and like not to live without danger. And lo ! from listening at last his own tongue was loosened and the ice of his heart brake. Then he began to speak thus :

" Unto you, ye keen searchers, tempters and who- ever goeth aboard a ship for terrible seas with cun- ning sails,

Unto you rejoicers in riddles, who enjoy the twi- light ; whose soul is attracted by flutes unto every labyrinthine chasm :

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