Babel
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. . . For the serpent can grow wings only at the expense of his fangs. . . " "Yet the eagle," interrupted Gombarov, "has a beak, and like the serpent, is still a thing of prey." "That is quite true," replied Julius. "I was leading up to that. The original bird, as you may know, has evolved from the r^tile, but the first birds had no beak, and that is the precise tragedy of man aspiring towards the heights. . . .
He has neither a fang nor a beak. He is neither of the earth, nor of the air. . . .... And that is my tragedy. You behold in me one who has desired and still desires both. And, having desired both, I have been in a state of incessant conflict. For I beg you to remember that a himian being in general, and one of us — ^whose life, after all, consists of thinking, of continued, uninterrupted soul-processes — ^in particular, is a very complex bundle, and very variegated, and presents a most surprising play of colours when held up to the light: we are one and all things at different moments." "Do you intend to say," interrupted Gombarov once more, i68 LETTERS, STRANGE MEETINGS, GHOSTS "that the philosopher has killed the poet in you, that the one, in a sense, has overwhelmed the other?" "Yes and no !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
. . . For the serpent can grow wings only at the expense of his fangs. . . " "Yet the eagle," interrupted Gombarov, "has a beak, and like the serpent, is still a thing of prey." "That is quite true," replied Julius. "I was leading up to that. The original bird, as you may know, has evolved from the r^tile, but the first birds had no beak, and that is the precise tragedy of man aspiring towards the heights. . . .
He has neither a fang nor a beak. He is neither of the earth, nor of the air. . . .... And that is my tragedy. You behold in me one who has desired and still desires both. And, having desired both, I have been in a state of incessant conflict. For I beg you to remember that a himian being in general, and one of us — ^whose life, after all, consists of thinking, of continued, uninterrupted soul-processes — ^in particular, is a very complex bundle, and very variegated, and presents a most surprising play of colours when held up to the light: we are one and all things at different moments." "Do you intend to say," interrupted Gombarov once more, i68 LETTERS, STRANGE MEETINGS, GHOSTS "that the philosopher has killed the poet in you, that the one, in a sense, has overwhelmed the other?" "Yes and no !
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