. The complete works of Gustave Flaubert; embracing romances, travels, comedies, sketches and correspondence; . continues to run around him with wheedlinggestures. See, worthy hermit, dear Saint Antony! pureman, illustrious -nan! man who cannot be sufficientlypraised! Do not oe alarmed; this is an exaggeratedstyle of speaking, borrowed from the Orientals. It inno way prevents ti/1poUonim — Let him alone, Damis! He believes,like a brute, in the reality of things. The fear whichhe has of the gods prevents him from comprehendingthem; and he eats his own words, just like a jealousking! But you, my


. The complete works of Gustave Flaubert; embracing romances, travels, comedies, sketches and correspondence; . continues to run around him with wheedlinggestures. See, worthy hermit, dear Saint Antony! pureman, illustrious -nan! man who cannot be sufficientlypraised! Do not oe alarmed; this is an exaggeratedstyle of speaking, borrowed from the Orientals. It inno way prevents ti/1poUonim — Let him alone, Damis! He believes,like a brute, in the reality of things. The fear whichhe has of the gods prevents him from comprehendingthem; and he eats his own words, just like a jealousking! But you, my son, quit me not! He steps back to the verge of the cliffs, passesover it and remains there, hanging in mid-air: Above all forms, farther than the earth, beyondthe skies, dwells the Worid of Ideas, entirely filledwith the Word. With one bound we leap across 99 GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Space, and you shall grasp in its infinity the Eternal,the Absolute Being! Come! give me your hand. Letus go! The pair, side by side, rise softly into the air. Antony, embracing the cross, watches them as-cending. They


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