Seht da den Menschen! Aus dem Franzoesischen: Ecce homo (1819) - Page 15

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...as long as it is healthy and orderly, it projects certain images. For the highest Deity Gottheit would not have chosen its own thoughts, or the thought of God as the model Muster for man, whom we have called the thought of God, if it had not intended to manifest itself in all its majesty Majestät within us.

The features of this consecrated seal geweihtes Siegel The "seal" refers to the divine imprint or image of God stamped upon the human soul at creation., which characterize the human soul Menschenseele, will now also eternally resist all destructive powers. Despite the length of time, despite the thick darkness, man, whenever he contemplates his relationship to God, will find within himself the indestructible components of his original essence Wesenheit and the natural indicators of his glorious destiny Bestimmung.

He will feel that, according to this glorious destiny, a powerful and formidable force must have been given to us. This was intended to subject those who could disregard the divine sovereign authority Machtvollkommenheit to our rule.

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Since this power Macht was united with our being Seyn, we should have been all the more secure in its possession. Nothing could have torn it from us if we had not surrendered it ourselves.

He will feel that we would have ruled in our realm Reich after we had subdued it. We would have been decorated with all the necessary signs to proclaim our lawful sovereignty Oberherrlichkeit everywhere.

He will feel that we would have been magnificently clothed to make our presence more majestic. All the regions of our dominion Herrschaft, struck by the radiance then surrounding us, would have shown us the reverence Ehrfurcht and submission Unterwerfung that were due to the divine mission Sendung entrusted to us by the hand of the Most High. Even if man now had no other way to imagine his former state than those fragile signs that his childish mind The original German text ends mid-sentence at "auf", suggesting a continuation on the following page.