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 THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, III

Oh ! how could I fail to be eager for eternity, and for the marriage ring of rings, the ring of recur- rence ?

Never yet have I found the woman by whom I should have liked to have children, unless it be this woman I love. For I love thee, O Eternity!

For I love thee, O Eternity !

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If I am fond of the sea, and of all that is of the sea's kin ; and if I am fondest if it contradicteth me angrily ;

If that seeking lust is within me, that driveth the sails after the undiscovered ; if there is a sailor's lust in my lust;

If my rejoicing hath ever cried: 'The shore hath disappeared ! Now the last chain hath fallen down from me!

The limitless roareth round me ! Far, far away shine unto me space and time ! Up ! upwards ! old heart ! '

Oh ! how could I fail to be eager for eternity, and for the marriage ring of rings, the ring of recurrence ?

Never yet have I found the woman by whom I should have liked to have children, unless it be this woman I love. For I love thee, O Eternity !

For I love thee, O Eternity !

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