one hour to the other, which come 

 from the depths of time and the 

 race, invade the blood, the muscles 

 and the nerves and suddenly assert 

 themselves more irresistibly and 

 more powerfully than pain, the 

 word of the master himself, or the 

 fear of death? 



Thus, for instance, to quote 

 only one example, when the hour 

 of sleep has struck for men, you 

 have retired to your hole, sur- 

 rounded by the darkness, the 

 silence and the formidable solitude 

 of the night. All is sleep in the 



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