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“...our acquaintance, was so marked and withal so curious
that It took me long really to understand it; and I am certain
that there are many of his intimate friends to whom it re-
mained a puzzle forever. It was a passage in Ibsens Brand"
which first gave me the key to this part of his character.
"He who would conquer still must fight.
Rise, fallen, to the highest height.
And yet, when with this stern demand
Before a living soul I stand,
I seem like one that floats afar
Storm-shattered on a broken spar....”
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