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Excerpt from Le Parfum de Rome
Dans les dépositaires des choses de la Divinité, le bel esprit ne voit que les fragilités humaines. Il remarque la rouille sur le marbre, la verrue sur le visage, et il demande où est la Divinité? Il fredonne un vaudeville quand la prière chante, il se couvre le front quand la bénédiction descend.
Il dit à la bénédiction Va chercher des tètes moins hautes; la main qui t'envoie n'est qu'une main mortelle Ainsi, à travers la Cité sainte, le bel esprit se carre et se gon?e, tamquam pullus onagri.
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