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One need not be a chamber to be haunted, One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. Far safer, of a midnight meeting External ghost, Than an interior confronting That cooler host. Far safer through an Abbey gallop, The stones achase, Than, moonless, one's own self encounter In lonesome place. Ourself, behind ourself concealed, Should startle most; Assassin, hid in our apartment, Be horror's least. The prudent carries a revolver, He bolts the door, O'erlooking a superior spectre More near.
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Man muss kein Zimmer sein - für Spuk und Geister, und ihnen auch kein Haus - das Hirn hat weit mehr Korridore, als je erbaut. Weit sichrer, einen Geist um Mitternacht draußen zu sehn, als jenes kältere Gespenst, das in uns haust. Weit sicherer in einer Spukabtei grabsteingejagt, als waffenlos zu stoßen auf sich selbst und ganz allein. Ein Ich, das selbst sich hinter sich versteckt am meisten schreckt - ein Mörder, der zuhause lauert, uns nicht so schauert. Der Körper holt wohl Waffen sich, legt Riegel vor und ignoriert den mächtigeren Spuk - oder gar mehr -
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