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 OF HIGHER MAN 425

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Ye creators, ye higher men ! One is pregnant only of one's own child.

Let nothing be said in your presence, be not per- suaded by anything ! Who then is your neighbour ? And even suppose ye act 'for the neighbour,' ye do not create for him !

Unlearn this ' for,' I pray, ye creators ! Your very virtue wanteth you to do nothing with 'for' and 'for tjie sake of ' and ' because.' To protect yourselves from these deceitful little words, ye shall glue up your ear.

That 'for the neighbour' is the virtue merely of the petty folk. They say : ' like and like ' and ' hand washeth hand.' They have neither the right nor the power for your self-interest !

In your self-interest, ye creators, is the caution and providence of the childbearing ones ! What no one hath ever seen with his eyes, the fruit, is pro- tected and spared and nourished with all your love.

Where all your love is, with your child, there also is all your virtue ! Your work, your will is your 'neighbour.' Allow not yourselves to be talked into false values.

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Ye creators, ye higher men! He who must give birth is ill. But he who hath given birth is impure.

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