The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point — to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence.
The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point — to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence.
The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point — to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence.
The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point — to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence.
The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point — to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence.
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The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point

— to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence.
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