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ln God's eyes, that is wrong,
and in man's eyes, too.
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l would never have believed
that time could have such an effect.
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What is more...
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l love my wife.
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Strange as it may seem, l still love her...
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and however terrible l find these things...
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I am so captivated by her good nature...
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and her own serene charm...
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that, in spite of myseIf,
in my heart of hearts...
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I'm incIined to forgive her.
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Can understand you entirely.
Might feel the same way myself.
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But if that's how you feel, and you say:
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''l love this woman so much
l can forgive everything''...
:37:43
and if one considers
that this happened long, long ago...
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like something on a distant star...
:37:50
if that's the case, lnnstetten, l ask you...
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does it have to be?
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What's the good of it?
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lt has to be done.
:38:04
l've looked at it all ways.
:38:07
One does not live alone.
One is part of a larger whole.
:38:10
And we always have
to bear the whole in mind.
:38:13
We are entirely dependent on it.
:38:15
lf l lived in isolation,
l could drop the matter.
:38:19
l would bear the burden assigned to me.
:38:22
My happiness would be over, but...
:38:25
so many have to live without happiness...
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and l would have to as well, and l could.
:38:30
One does not have to be happy.
:38:32
Least of all, one has a right to be.
:38:35
One wouldn't need to remove
from the world the person...
:38:39
who has robbed us of our happiness.
:38:41
One could also...
:38:43
let him go free,
if one turned one's back on the world.
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But...
:38:50
in living together in society,
a certain something has evolved.
:38:54
lt simply exists...
:38:56
and we're accustomed
to judging everything by its rules.