in the realm of stars. The light of the furthest stars is longest in reaching man; and before it has arrived man DENIES — that there are stars there. “How many centuries does a mind require to be understood?” — that is also a standard, one also makes a gradation of rank and an etiquette therewith, such as is necessary for mind and for star.

286. “Here is the prospect free, the mind exalted.” [FOOTNOTE: Goethe’s “Faust,” Part II, Act V. The words of Dr. Marianus.] — But there is a reverse kind of man, who is also upon a height, and has also a free prospect — but looks DOWNWARDS.

287. What is noble? What does the word “noble” still mean for us nowadays?

How does the