HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

J^eine, 89
SPIRITUALISM AND
MATERIALISM.
In all ages are to be found men in
hom the capacity for enjoyment is in-
Dmplete, men with stunted senses and
jmpunctious frames, for Avhom all the
rapes in the garden of God are sour,
ho see in every paradise-apple the encing
serpent, who seek in abnegaon
their triumph, and in suffering
tieir sole joy. On the other hand, we
nd in all ages men of robust growth,
atures filled with the pride of life, who
lin carry their heads right haughtily ;
11 the stars and the roses greet them
lith. sympathetic smile ; they listen de-
[ghtedly to the melodies of the nightngale
and of Rossini; they are enmoured
of good fortune and of the flesh
f Titian's pictures; and to the hypocritcal
companion for whom such things
.re a torment, they answer in the words
•f Shakespeare's character, '• Dost thou
hink because thou art virtuous, there
hall be no more cakes and ale ? "
THE METHOD OF HISTORY.
In the world's history every event is
lot the direct consequence of another,
)ut all events mutually act and react on
me another.