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“To je isto kao kad se jedan čovjek ima popeti uz pet nižih stepenica a drugi samo uz jednu, koja je međutim za njega isto tako visoka kao svih onih pet zajedno; prvi će savladati ne samo onih pet nego i stotine i tisuće drugih stepenica, on će proživjeti velik i vrlo naporan život, ali ni jedna od stepenica uz koje se popeo neće za njega imati onakvo značenje kakvo je za onoga drugoga imala ona jedna, prva, visoka stepenica, uz koju on nema snage popeti se, uz koju se ne može popeti i s koje, naravno, ne može ni sići.”

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