Therefore
I do not regret what I have done. If one of my grandsons should wish to
become a painter I have obviated the risk of his falling into the error
of believing that he has succeeded when he has only slavishly imitated
all the imperfections in the objects he sees around him. Nature
reflected in a mirror, would he what his pictures under the influence of
our elixir, would have been like, and for a true work of art, in the
highest acceptation of the term, something further is needed."
These words of my father removed my last regret for the loss of the
elixir, and my sons and grandsons who are now grown men have, with God's
help, brought it to pass that the burghers of Leipsic are willing once
again to associate with the Ueberhells.
I have only one thing more to say before I close this story.
I have already mentioned the fact that I am a physician. When recently
from England came the news of the discovery of vaccination and I saw how
a small drop could penetrate through a man's entire system, then I
regretted that my father had thrown away the elixir. If I still
possessed it I would, despite my advanced age, try the experiment of
inoculating myself with it.
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