It is enough to know, too much to see
I only wanted absolute quiet to think out why I had developed a sad attitude toward sadness, a melancholy attitude toward melancholy and a tragic attitude toward tragedy _ why I had become identified with the objects of my horror or compassion.
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I only wanted absolute quiet to think out why I had developed a sad attitude toward sadness, a melancholy attitude toward melancholy and a tragic attitude toward tragedy _ why I had become identified with the objects of my horror or compassion.
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