EN: self
FR: soi
ZH: 自己 (zìjǐ)
JA: 自分 (jibun)
IT: se stesso
DE: sich selbst
ES: uno mismo,una misma
RU: себя́ (sebyá)
EO: mem

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25. Not without exceptional gravity…

Had it not been for the serenity of the head of the council, this audience would no doubt have broken up in the noise and bustle. Nevertheless, he obtained immediate silence: “So be it!” he began, not without exceptional gravity, “you find yourself ‘unable’ to receive immortality, and the reasons for this prohibition are your own…

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11. Leaving his promontory…

The visitor seemed troubled by this warning. He seemed different after this interview, as if the veiled threat of his powerful interlocutor had sounded the early hour of a reminder. Leaving his promontory ever earlier, and the sweets that always flowed there in great numbers, the man devoted himself with scrupulous diligence to consulting all those who would welcome him into their activities.

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