Volume Ii Part 26 (2/2)

312.

AMBITION FOR A FORLORN HOPE.-There is an ambition for a forlorn hope which forces a party to place itself at the post of extreme danger.

313.

WHEN a.s.sES ARE NEEDED.-We shall not move the crowd to cry ”Hosanna!” until we have ridden into the city upon an a.s.s.

314.

PARTY USAGE.-Every party attempts to represent the important elements that have sprung up outside it as unimportant, and if it does not succeed, it attacks those elements the more bitterly, the more excellent they are.

315.

BECOMING EMPTY.-Of him who abandons himself to the course of events, a smaller and smaller residue is continually left. Great politicians may therefore become quite empty men, although they were once full and rich.

316.

WELCOME ENEMIES.-The Socialistic movements are nowadays becoming more and more agreeable rather than terrifying to the dynastic governments, because by these movements they are provided with a right and a weapon for making exceptional rules, and can thus attack their real bogies, democrats and anti-dynasts.-Towards all that such governments professedly detest they feel a secret cordiality and inclination. But they are compelled to draw the veil over their soul.

317.

POSSESSION POSSESSES.-Only up to a certain point does possession make men feel freer and more independent; one step farther, and possession becomes lord, the possessor a slave. The latter must sacrifice his time, his thoughts to the former, and feels himself compelled to an intercourse, nailed to a spot, incorporated with the State-perhaps quite in conflict with his real and essential needs.

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