The next day I met a former academic friend with whom I had often discussed Indian mythology, and he invited me to his home. While there, I was disgusted by the nationalistic mentality of my friend, who (inadvertently I suppose) criticized a column written by me. Then I criticized a painting he had done of Goethe, claiming it was too thickly sentimental and insulting to Goethe's true brilliance, reassuring the proposition that I am, and will always be, a stranger to this society.
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