Finally, + D, I Think It Would Be Advisable Ruthlessly To Strike
Out The Following Short Sentence:
"Indeed it would not be saying
too much if it were to be asserted that in many circles it
Takes
the place of religion," - apart from the consideration of whether
it is accurate or not, because for the most part the men of the
State are sure to take offence at it. "How," they will say, "you
wish us to support a movement that aims at nothing less than the
doing away with religion?" - and, behold, there is a new bugbear
ready, and the most healthy and just endeavors are checked for
many a year! -
I am in perfect agreement with all the rest, with the exception
of the parenthesis marked * - "without thereby, as has often been
the case hitherto, falling into the unpractical mistake of
conceding to the public things which they do not want, and
diminishing the revenues." For, by the way, let me also say
parenthetically that, if I had not done this with most resolute
intention for many years, Wagner could not truly have said in his
letter to Villot (page 40 of the French edition of his
translation of the four Operas): "Tout a coup mes relations avec
le public prirent un autre tour, sur lequel je n'avais pas compte
le moins du monde: mes operas se repandaient." ["All at once my
relations with the public took a fresh turn, on which I had not
calculated the least bit in the world:
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