"The near presence of God's spirit," says a German writer,[31]

And who was the first one you met?

And you are stupid enough not to understand the meaning of such an

answer! Why, the god was advising you thereby, and that in the

clearest possible way, to bring up your son according to the fashion

Is it not evident to the blind, that nowadays to do nothing that

is right is the best way to get on?

No, that is not the meaning of the oracle; there must be another

that is nobler. If this blind man would tell us who he is and why