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 SALUTATION 41 1

of God among men, *.<?., all the men of the great longing, of the great loathing, of the great satiety

All those who do not wish to live, unless they learn to hope again ; unless they learn from thee, O Zarathustra, the great hope ! "

Thus spake the king on the right, and seized Zara- thustra's hand in order to kiss it. But Zarathustra hindered his doing reverence and stepped back terri- fied, as silent and suddenly as though he fled into far distances. But in a little while he was once more with his guests, gazed at them with bright questioning eyes, and said :

" My guests, ye higher men, I will speak in German and clearly unto you. Not for you have I waited here in these mounts."

(" In German and clearly t God-a-mercy ! " said then the king on the left, secretly. "One seeth that he knoweth not the dear Germans, this sage from the East !

But he meaneth ' In German and coarsely.' Well ! that is nowadays not quite the worst taste ! ")

"Verily, all of you may be higher men," continued Zarathustra. " But for me, ye are not high and strong enough.

For me, that is to say, for the inexorable which is now silent in me, but will not always be silent. And if ye belong unto me, ye do so not as my right arm doth.

For whoever standeth himself on sick and weak

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