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:''And whither then would we go?  Would we cross the sea?  Whither does this mighty longing draw us, this longing that is worth more than any pleasure?
:''And whither then would we go?  Would we cross the sea?  Whither does this mighty longing draw us, this longing that is worth more than any pleasure?


:''Why just in this direction, thither where all the suns of humanity have hitherto gone down?  Will it perhaps be said of us one day that we too, steering westward, hoped to reach an India – but that it was our fate to be wrecked against infinity?
:''Why just in this direction, thither where all the suns of humanity have hitherto gone down?  Will it perhaps be said of us one day that we too, steering westward, hoped to reach an India – but that it was our fate to be wrecked against infinity?<ref>Wird man vielleicht uns einstmals nachsagen, daß auch wir, nach Westen steuernd, ein Indien zu erreichen hofften, – daß aber unser Los war, an der Unendlichkeit zu scheitern?</ref>


:''Or, my brothers. Or?
:''Or, my brothers. Or?