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 THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, IV

" O ye buffoons assembled, O ye clowns ! Why do ye dissemble and hide in my presence?

How the hearts of all of you bounded with delight and wickedness, because ye at last became once more like the little children, i.e., pious,

That at last ye did again as children do, i.e., prayed, folded your hands, and said ' dear God ! '

But now leave unto me this nursery, mine own cave, where to-day all childishness is at home. Cool down here outside your hot children's wantoning and noise of hearts !

True, if ye become not like the little children, ye will not go into that kingdom of heaven." (And Zara- thustra pointed upwards with his hands.)

" But we do not want to go into the kingdom of heaven ! We have become men. Thus we will the kingdom of earth."

��And once more began Zarathustra to speak. "O my new friends," said he, "ye strange ones, ye higher men, how well am I pleased by you,

Since ye have become gay again ! Verily, ye all have begun to blossom. Methinketh, for such flowers as ye are, new festivals are required,

Some little downright nonsense, some God-service and ass-festival, some old gay Zarathustra fool, a whirlwind that fanneth your souls into brightness.

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