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The clairvoyant sees many who imagine themselves to be selfless, living only for their fellow human beings, with the protruding jaws and receding forehead of the worm as a sign of their egoism. Our soul still has this worm-like form, and so that we do not always see it, good gods have placed the guardian of the threshold in front of it. Now, however, we must resolve to transform this dragon and bring it up to meet the higher gods. This shall be our unceasing work. 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