But what gave me much greater pleasure
was that I was shaken hands with by Monrad, who was present as Minister
for Education. Although Clausen was well known, both as a theologian and
an important National Liberal, I cared nothing for him. But I was a
little proud of Monrad's hand-pressure, for his political liberality,
and especially his tremendous capacity for work, compelled respect,
while from his handsome face with its thoughtful, commanding forehead,
there shone the evidence of transcendent ability.
XII.
On the morning of November 15th, 1863, Julius Lange and I went together
to offer our congratulations to Frederik Nutzhorn, whose birthday it
was. His sisters received me with their usual cheerfulness, but their
father, the old doctor, remarked as I entered: "You come with grave
thoughts in your mind, too," for the general uneasiness occasioned by
Frederik VII's state of health was reflected in my face. There was good
reason for anxiety concerning all the future events of which an
unfavourable turn of his illness might be the signal.
I went home with Julius Lange, who read a few wild fragments of his
"System" to me. This turned upon the contrasting ideas of
_Contemplation_ and _Sympathy_, corresponding to the inhaling
and exhaling of the breath; the resting-point of the breathing was the
moment of actual consciousness, etc.
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