"I have ever wondered at the heights, and perhaps blinded myself to the depths. My father used to tell me I projected into men a nobility that they lacked. Yet I cannot believe men are inherently base and ignoble things. We come from high blood; such greatness and wisdom is attainable again. And perhaps it is true I have been blinded. Yet I have seen war. Are there any abysses deeper than that?"
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"I have ever wondered at the heights, and perhaps blinded myself to the depths. My father used to tell me I projected into men a nobility that they lacked. Yet I cannot believe men are inherently base and ignoble things. We come from high blood; such greatness and wisdom is attainable again. And perhaps it is true I have been blinded. Yet I have seen war. Are there any abysses deeper than that?"