human
You just stay, he said,
gpt
Just fancy, she said, holding up her forehead for his kiss,
human
I beg of you, Alice, he interrupted her,
gpt
That may be so, she answered,
human
And Fritz von Ehrenberg, student of agriculture, has converted you to a kind of thoughtful religiosity?
gpt
We're not going to give in so easily.... But it is strange what an impression is made on one by a current of strong and natural feeling.... This young fellow comes to me and says: 'There is a God, for I feel Him and I need Him. Prove the contrary if you can.' ... Well, so I set about proving the contrary to him. But our poor negations have become so glib that one has forgotten the reasons for them. Finally he defeated me along the whole line ... so I sat down at once and began to study up ... just as one would polish rusty weapons ... Bible criticism and DuBois-Reymond and 'Force and Matter' and all the things that are traditionally irrefutable.
human
And that amuses you?
gpt
Does it amuse me? Are such things proper subjects for amusement? Surely you must use other expressions, Richard, when one is concerned for the most sacred goods of humanity....
human
Forgive me, he said,
gpt
I didn't mean to touch those things irreverently.
human
But now, she continued,
gpt
I am equipped once more, and when he comes to-morrow--
human
So he's coming to-morrow?
gpt
Naturally, ... then you will see how I'll send him home sorely whipped ... I can defeat him with Kant's antinomies alone.... And when it comes to what people call 'revelation,' well! ... But I assure you, my dear one, I'm not very happy defending this icy, nagging criticism.... To be quite sincere, I would far rather be on his side. Warmth is there and feeling and something positive to support one. Would you like some tea?
human
Thanks, no, but some brandy.