Let me tell you, then, that this mystical saying, which I once
scoffed at, is the profoundest truth:--
"'Who loveth life shall lose it all;
Who seeketh life shall surely fall!'
"There is no remedy for me but death, which (who knows?) may be the
mother of new life!"
"It would have been better for you," said Lefevre, sitting down again
with his head in his hands, "better--if you had never seen Nora."
"Nay, nay," cried Julius, sitting up, animate with a fresh impulse of
life. "Better for her, dear, beautiful soul, but not for me! I have
truly lived only since I saw her, and I have the joy of feeling that I
have beheld and known Nature's sole and perfect chrysolite. But I must
be quick, my friend; the dawn will soon be upon us. There is but one
other thing for me to speak of--my method of taking to myself the force
of life. It is my secret; it is perfectly adapted for professional use,
and I wish to give it to you, because you are wise enough in mind, and
great enough of soul, to use it for the benefit of mankind."
"I will not hear you, Julius!" exclaimed Lefevre.
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