Beyond the Rhine
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Above the cathedral porch the twelve Prince Electors did homage, as always, before the throne of Charlemagne, while the ancient chime counted the twelve strokes of noon. For centuries everything had been the same. Why should it change because I chose to disappear and then later to come again ?
1 58 Beyond the Rhine Nothing is more immovable than an ancient city. Nowhere else does one feel so vividly the contrast between the hurry and chance of daily human life and the contemptuous and magnifice...nt permanence of the city in which this life runs its course.
At the end of a few days the weight of all this ancient stone would begin to oppress me ; I could hardly breathe in those narrow streets ; the gables and the towers shut in my horizon ; the steep fortifications crushed me. In their embrace, as though they wished to strangle me. My admiration turned to hate, and I came to loathe Niirnberg with its wrinkled face and heavy air of medieval charm.
I despised it as essentially the narrow and gloomy town fit to harbour dull bourgeois, maniac collectors, self-satisfied grocers and cobblers, slaves to convention, whose little souls were obstinately shut to all that is free and generous.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Above the cathedral porch the twelve Prince Electors did homage, as always, before the throne of Charlemagne, while the ancient chime counted the twelve strokes of noon. For centuries everything had been the same. Why should it change because I chose to disappear and then later to come again ?
1 58 Beyond the Rhine Nothing is more immovable than an ancient city. Nowhere else does one feel so vividly the contrast between the hurry and chance of daily human life and the contemptuous and magnifice...nt permanence of the city in which this life runs its course.
At the end of a few days the weight of all this ancient stone would begin to oppress me ; I could hardly breathe in those narrow streets ; the gables and the towers shut in my horizon ; the steep fortifications crushed me. In their embrace, as though they wished to strangle me. My admiration turned to hate, and I came to loathe Niirnberg with its wrinkled face and heavy air of medieval charm.
I despised it as essentially the narrow and gloomy town fit to harbour dull bourgeois, maniac collectors, self-satisfied grocers and cobblers, slaves to convention, whose little souls were obstinately shut to all that is free and generous.
What to read after Beyond the Rhine?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Marc Henry to read onlineMoreLess
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