217 (The Inferno)

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reckoned it a special grace to be pulverised on this
side of the grave.

Think yourself happy and be thankful!

What is one to do then? Humble oneself?

If you humble yourself before men, you will
arouse their pride, for all will think themselves,
no matter how guilty they may be, better than
you.

Well, then, is one to humble oneself before
God? But is it not disgraceful to degrade the
Highest by conceiving of Him as the overseer
of a slave plantation?

Shall we pray? What! Presume to try to
alter the will and decision of the Eternal by
flattery and crawling? I look for God and find
the Devil! That is my destiny! I have repented
and reformed myself.

I renounce alcohol, and come about nine o’clock
soberly home to drink milk. The room is filled
with all kinds of demons, who drag me out of
bed and try to stifle me under the blankets. But
if I come home at midnight intoxicated, I sleep
like an angel and wake up strong as a young
god, and ready to work like a galley-slave.

I live a chaste life, and am troubled by
unwholesome dreams. I accustom myself to think

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