--And here there arose a long silence between them: Zarathustra, howev… — Thus Spake Zarathustra
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--And here there arose a long silence between them: Zarathustra, however, became profoundly absorbed in thought, so that he shut his eyes. But afterwards coming back to the situation, he grasped the hand of the magician, and said, full of politeness and policy:
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