Ernst and Falk: Dialogues for Freemasons

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Falk.

Exactly so. Who thinks while they are enjoying themselves?
And I am enjoying the refreshing morning.

Ernst.

You are right; and you should have just
returned my question to me. Ernst suggests that Falk could have asked him the same question—"What are you thinking about?"—instead of just answering "Nothing."

Falk.

If I were thinking of anything, I would
speak about it. Nothing surpasses thinking
aloud with a friend.

Ernst.

Certainly.

Falk.

If you have already enjoyed the beautiful
morning enough, and if something occurs to you, then you speak.
Nothing occurs to me.

The original manuscript includes a vocabulary list at the bottom: Falk, Ernst, morning, thinking aloud, friend.