Seht da den Menschen! Aus dem Franzoesischen: Ecce homo

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offering the same signpost, would perform the same service for him. Thus, by mutually reminding ourselves of our shame Schmach and degradation Erniedrigung, we would loudly acknowledge the justice of the damnation Verdammniß we have brought upon ourselves. This would be like entering the path of rebirth Wiedergeburt, which the highest wisdom unceasingly seeks to open to us as the only way to lead us back to that highest primordial source of love Liebesurgrund who formed us and whom we have forced to banish us from the entrusted domain.

Here, you ready writers, use a holy eloquence Beredsamkeit to present us with the instructive image of humanity Menschheit in convincing and encouraging colors, where every individual would be a living lesson for the other, and the sight of the common distress would immediately fill them with a healing horror of themselves and a tender participation in the restoration of all members of this great fami-