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“Don’t commend yourselves, dispensers of justice, that the rack Is superseded, and collars of iron no longer fetter our necks. Not one person, not one heart, has been elated that in our day An intentional spasm of clemency contorts you into appearing more delicate. The scaffold repays what it has received Over time, like children their toys from old birthdays.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
Don’t commend yourselves, dispensers of justice, that the rack
Is superseded, and collars of iron no longer fetter our necks.
Not one person, not one heart, has been elated that in our day
An intentional spasm of clemency contorts you into appearing more delicate.
The scaffold repays what it has received
Over time, like children their toys from old birthdays.