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86 Hermann Sudermann
This play is rich in thought and revolutionary
significance. For is it not true that we are all
bound by gratitude, tied and fettered by what we
think we owe to others ? Are we not thus turned
into weaklings and cowards, and do we not enter
into new relationships with lies upon our lips?
Do we not become a lie to ourselves and a lie to
those we associate with? And whether we have
the strength to be true to the dominant spirit,
warmed into being by the fires of St. John;
whether we have the courage to live up to it al
ways or whether it manifests itself only on oc
casion, it is nevertheless true that there is the po
tentiality of freedom in the soul of every man and
every woman; that there is the possibility of great
ness and fineness in all beings, were they not bound
and gagged by gratitude, by duty and shams, a
vicious network that enmeshes body and soul.
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