Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me.
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I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.Georg Brandes
My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.
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I had an exceedingly keen eye for the ridiculous, and easily influenced as I still was, I could not content myself with a smile.
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But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both.
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