105 (The Inferno)

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of that July night when death threatened me,
but I will not forget that lesson as long as I
live.

If the initiated believe that I was then
exposed to a plot woven by human hands, let me
tell them that I feel anger against no one, for
I know now that another stronger Hand, unknown
to them, guided those hands against their
will.

On the other hand, if there was no plot, I must
suppose that my own imagination conjured up
these chastising spirits for my own punishment.
We shall see in the sequel how far this supposition
is probable.

On the morning of my last day (as I suppose)
I rise in a resigned frame of mind, which might
be called religious; I have no more ties binding
me to life. I have put my papers in order,
written necessary letters, and burnt what had
to be burnt. Then I go to bid farewell to the
world in the Jardin des Plantes.

The Swedish block of lodestone before the
mineralogical museum gives me a greeting from
my native land. I greet the acacias, the cedars
of Lebanon, and the monuments of great epochs
when botany was still a living science.

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