AX'ith Flashlii;-ht and Rifle ^ 



my brain— "At thy command let magical fire-flame spring 

 forth ! " While the flames raged up above in the moun- 

 tain-regions, my soul was haunted for long hours by the 

 figures of the old northern sagas which Richard Wagner, 

 that impersonation of the old German spirit of heroism, 

 has awakened to new life. 



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