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Nature subdued must yield in combat, the dream must succeed to reality, and then the dream reigns supreme, then the dream becomes life and life becomes the dream. It is only by comparing the pains of actual being with the joys of the assumed existence, that you would desire to live no longer, but to dream thus forever. Taste this hashish, guest of mine. - Taste this hashish.
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I thought she loved me well enough to wait for me, and even to remain faithful to my memory. When I returned, she was married. This is the history of most men who have passed their twenty years of age. Perhaps my heart was weaker than most men, and I suffered more than they would have done in my place; that is all.
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Satyajeet wrote: ""Taste this hashish" - This is interesting, especially because Alexander Dumas was a member of ‘Club des Hashischins’ (Club of the Hashish-Eaters) in Paris, around the time when he wrote this book ..."That is sensational! The use of drugs, be it for mirth, medicine or murder, has been mentioned in this exemplary work several times.
I would find myself less averse to company had my acquaintances employed their hashish more creatively.
In the 1850s, Charles Baudelaire published a short essay called 'The Poem of Hashish', with an interesting cover.He recounts the history of cannabis, the (after) effects of the drug on himself and his mates, and also talks about the moral, philosophical, and psychological impact of cannabis.
He said that "Hashish reveals to the individual nothing except himself," so what comes out is what’s inside, "and that although the drug stimulates the imagination and creative thinking, it is a spur to deep thought and philosophy, not a substitute for it…"
So it's like when you squeeze a lemon, you'll always get lemon juice to come out. Apply the same logic for people.
That IS an interesting cover! I must confess that I can't decipher it. Baudelaire does make sense but the barber of Fleet street would disagree. You squeeze the bourgeoisie and you get delightful meat pies.
It may be cliché to say so, but there does seem to be a strong correlation between experiments with mind-altering chemicals and some of the most intriguing experiments in literary style.