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WITH THE NOSE IN THE STREAM

I am now alone on earth,

no longer having any brother, neighbor, friend, or society

other than myself.

You must read this out loud.

You must hear the voice as it asks itself the question,

who is speaking?

Rousseau's voice is made even stronger

by the fact that he wrote this without pausing or breathing.

You must read it and listen to it the way it was thought,

in one breath.

Can you read, please?

I am now alone on earth, no longer having any brother,

neighbor, friend, or society other than myself.

Thank you.

You must feel it.

You must hear the voice. Miss?

I am now alone on earth, no longer having any brother,

neighbor, friend, or society other than myself.

The most sociable and the most loving of humans has been...

Thank you.

Is it possible to live like this today, without the others?

If you don't have a life, yes.

The actual question is:

can you live out of society and be happy?

I'll let you think about it.

Is he here?

Since when do you choose my subjects?

- Can we talk later? - No.

Munch wants something about the tercentenary of Rousseau's birth.

It'll be a special event for the network.

- Are you kidding me? - Get real, Marie.

You lose viewers every day. I don't perform miracles.

Come on, every network is losing plenty of viewers.

This has nothing to do with my show.

Don't make things harder than they have to be.

Find a nice angle and an expert for credentials.

Make something nice and they'll be happy.

What if I say no?

Asshole.

May I get the check, please?

Diderot?

Diderot?

You must be hungry. Come here.

Come here, my cat.

You're hungry.

Can you remind me why you're here? It wasn't clear on the phone.

I'm going to show you. It'll be easier.

- Is it going to take long? - No, only a minute.

Put it here.

- Do you know who Rousseau is? - Rousseau?

A man who writes a treaty on education and abandons his kids?

I don't get him, and I don't have a good opinion of him.

Is he a football player?

It's really stupid to interview children.

Wait, here it comes.

Rousseau trusted man.

No, if men were less envious, they'd be happier.

Enough, my boy.

He knew that man's salvation would mean going back to nature.

It's not true. Going back to nature is impossible.

How do you know that?

Let me talk. Go away very far.

He can't know that at his age.

It takes several years of study.

Either he's a gifted child,

either he repeats what he's been told.

I think the second solution is more likely.

Have you seen his eyes?

And the way he talks?

Don't you think it'd be worth it to ask him how he knows that?

I don't own a TV, Miss Mercier.

I don't know what you want to do with him.

You must understand

that Rousseau's thought is complex and precious.

Symposiums and interviews will celebrate him as he should be.

I don't think I can be useful to you.

I can understand why you're not interested.

It is a way to show Rousseau's ideas

on a national network, at 9 p.m, on prime time.

I'll find someone else.

I guess there is no lack of Rousseau's experts.

Wait.

Tomorrow, after my class, at 10.30.

Why did you decide to dedicate your life to Rousseau?

It's not common to dedicate one's life to a dead man.

You should watch the road.

I rambled about in this manner till I got to Confignon,

in Savoy, at about two leagues distance from Geneva.

Hello.

Yes, hello?

Hello.

- I'm Marie Mercier. - I know.

I did vox pop interviews here two days ago.

I asked your son whether he knew about Rousseau.

What he answered was astonishing.

Tom spends his time saying weird things.

He's a very, how shall I put it, different boy.

- Can we see him for a minute? - Of course.

I have to go, though. I have some work to do.

He must be in his room.

Thank you.

How come you're so late? Do your homework.

Tom?

He's not here.

Hello, Tom.

We just wanted to ask you a question.

Can we talk?

Remember what you said when I asked you if you knew Rousseau?

Get out of my room.

Go away.

Men always believed what they wanted to believe.

People won't believe that a little boy

could know Rousseau without ever studying about him.

My viewers are people who need entertainment,

who need to be told stories that are not about their daily lives.

Even if they're not completely true,

they just need to believe they're true.

Tell them the story of Rousseau's life.

You'll see it's full of surprises.

Do you know why he wrote 'The Confessions'?

No.

After 'Emile' and 'The Social Contract' were banned,

everybody attacked him.

His books were burned, he was proscribed.

Overnight,

even though his only crime had been to seek the truth,

every police were allowed to arrest him.

He started writing the first book of 'The Confessions'.

The first words made history.

"I have entered upon a performance which is without example,

"whose accomplishment will have no imitator.

"I mean to present my fellow-mortals with a man

"in all the integrity of nature; and this man shall be myself."

Can you imagine the courage needed to write this?

Let's go back there.

When I came near him he backed away as if he were scared by me,

as if he were impressed.

You'll talk to him.

Come.

- It's your story, not mine. - Come!

Please, come.

My name is Auguste.

Everybody calls me Professor Stohler,

but you can call me Auguste.

I know your name's Tom.

- You know why I'm here? - No.

Me neither.

May I ask you a few questions?

Yes.

What is nature to you?

Things that were not touched by man.

Is man part of nature?

It depends how you look at things.

What do you mean?

Man does things that are not part of nature,

but he was created by it.

He transformed nature.

That's true.

He talked about nature,

about the signs in nature that show everything's there.

All you need to do is open your eyes.

You can hear the truth of man better.

Animals know everything at birth but men need to learn everything.

- How does he know that? - He won't say.

What's unsettling is that it seems to come from the inside.

- Do you want more? - It's okay, thanks.

If you don't want to do it, you don't have to.

It's okay.

Don't do it to please me. You have to like doing it.

It's okay, dad.

It's your birthday soon. We could have a party.

Only with Thérèse.

We could do something special with her.

Bon appetit.

- Time to sleep. - I'll turn the lights off.

- Dad? - Yes?

Didn't you want another boy instead of me?

Of course not.

- I'm going to sleep now. - Have nice dreams.

- Do you take your pills? - Yes.

- How do you react to it? - It's okay.

You should consider surgery.

- You really should. - Yes.

We'll see.

You've already had a heart attack.

- Don't forget your beta blockers. - I won't.

- Goodbye, doctor. - Goodbye.

- You could say hello. - Hello.

Hello, Tom.

I'm sorry I entered your room without asking.

I wouldn't have liked it either.

I'll leave you alone.

I have a gift for you.

My brother had a carnivorous plant like you when he was little.

These flies are from my office.

I'm the best at catching them.

I can show you if you want.

- Do you want me to? - Tom, come and get your bike.

Thank you for the flies.

When was he born?

1912.

Are you doing this on purpose?

He was born in 1712. How hard can that be?

In 2012, we'll celebrate the tercentenary of his birth.

You know what a tercentenary is?

I'm not an idiot.

Rousseau was born on 28 January 1712

at 40 Grand Rue, Geneva.

His mother died in labor.

What was his father's job?

He was a watchmaker.

No, it's over.

Yes.

My mother's so annoying.

I have to learn about Rousseau because I might get interviewed.

- Leave him alone. - You can't fight, you're a girl.

Let's go, guys.

They're a bunch of assholes.

Today, we'll study a great man

who left an imprint on his time and who's called Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Does anyone know who he was?

- He was a philosopher from Geneva. - Right, Kelly.

- Yes, Gaspard? - He wrote 'The confections'.

No.

He didn't write 'The Confections', he wrote 'The Confessions'.

Does anyone know what a confession is?

Thérèse?

It is when you do something bad

and you tell Father Antoine and he forgives you.

Yes. Tom?

Towards the end, he felt the need to write about his life.

Why do you think he felt that desire?

Tom?

Line up in pairs and leave the room quietly.

What's wrong?

You didn't want to talk in front of the others?

- They mock me. - They're all gone.

It's just you and me.

I know you could answer.

He wanted to tell the truth.

He didn't want to keep it for himself.

It would have been stupid.

He thought he'd help people to live better.

How do you know that?

- Who taught you that? - Nobody.

How do you know it then?

Cut.

Why do they do a story on him?

Because he's a retard.

Einstein!

He kept me from losing it when his mother died.

How old was he?

He was barely one.

He was like a beacon in the night, a small light of happiness.

It was as if he instinctively knew how to comfort me.

There was the first time he said "dad",

and his eyes shining for two.

He had his mother's eyes.

He started talking very young. He wouldn't stop.

Sometimes, he'd say something amazing,

some truth out of his kid's mouth.

He was already different from the others?

Different?

It's hard to say.

He was more sensitive.

You said Tom somewhat clammed up through contact with the others.

Yes, when he started going to school,

his teacher often asked me to come.

She'd tell me he didn't do anything like the others.

Was it difficult?

To the contrary, I was happy he was different.

He had his own world.

I was even sometimes afraid

he'd suffer from being ostracized.

Being ostracized...

Are you the one who taught him all the things he knows about Rousseau?

No.

No, madam.

Diderot?

Diderot?

Diderot?

Tom, it's late. You should sleep.

- Dad? - Yes?

Do I really have to do it?

No, but it's already started.

You should show the other kids how great you are.

But if it really makes you sad,

we can stop.

Victor calls me 'Einstein' at school.

Don't pay attention to him.

He's jealous.

I'm sure many other kids want to be friends with you.

Don't let Victor bother you.

Next time, slap him. Once and for all.

Wait for the right time.

In his face!

Okay?

I can see you're sad I'm not like the other kids.

I want you to be happy.

I want you to be happy.

Happy.

What's wrong?

They want to cancel my show.

I'm losing viewers, or so they say.

I have something to do about Rousseau and I don't want to.

Don't do it then.

I have to.

- You don't get it. - What don't I get?

I have to get up early tomorrow morning.

I'm beat.

We don't need that to live.

I do.

They've spent a lot of money for the tercentenary.

- She's jealous. - I'm not.

But that's too much for a guy who despised women.

You're going to make him upset.

Look at the female characters he created:

the New Heloise, Julie...

I'm sorry, but a guy who writes that women are here to please men

it too much for me,

even though he tried to make up for it with his novels.

Remember it was written in the context of 18th century's thought.

The depiction of women as weak figures with a modest behavior

fit the hierarchical system of the time.

Look at now.

Men have to be competitive in every way.

The fear of not being efficient is an issue.

Wouldn't a modest woman bolster their sense of manhood?

He was the worst type of macho man.

Give me one example of him being a macho man. One!

Are you okay?

What's wrong with you upsetting him like this?

If you want to kill him, you should mention Voltaire too.

Do you have some apple pie or some floating island?

- We have apple pie. - I'll take some.

- Do you want some dessert? - No, thanks.

- A cup of coffee? - Yes, please.

It must be one of your fans again.

Yes?

I'd like you to help me. I'm not good with kids at all.

I need you to talk to Tom.

He only listens to you. Could we film in your office?

It can't happen.

- Please. - No means no.

- You've read everything? - Yes.

I've even read some of them twice.

What will happen to what you learned when you're dead?

I passed it on to my students, who will pass it on to others.

Otherwise...

We can get ready.

Professor?

Sit there with Tom next to you.

I'm not used to it, but I guess I shouldn't look at the camera.

No, look at Tom.

Before we start,

I'd like to show you something I'll ask you to comment on.

Just touch the screen, please.

He wanted to tell the truth.

He didn't want to keep it for himself.

It would have been stupid.

He thought he'd help people to live better.

Professor?

What Tom says is interesting, but we should be careful.

One lifetime is not enough to understand Rousseau.

Even if what ten-year-old Tom says might seem right,

one shouldn't forget what makes Rousseau great.

Many of his thoughts are universal and haven't aged at all.

As a result, Rousseau's ideas,

even to a smart and full of common sense ten-year-old,

might be difficult to understand.

What's the use of Rousseau today?

Rousseau is a mountain.

He is a way of life.

One just has to read or read him again

and they'll find all that today's society needs.

He knew that man would need to respect nature to be saved.

He was the first to condemn consumption and speculation.

He was wrong.

Why do you say that?

He wanted man to be like him: genuine.

But man isn't genuine.

He trusted man.

- He shouldn't have. - Why?

It's true he thought

that man isn't naturally vicious, greedy, and evil,

but that he became like that because of society.

He thought man was innocent by nature.

He wanted to change man because he trusted him.

But man is attracted to Evil.

There was nothing he could do about it.

Do you have children?

I have a daughter about your age.

I'd rather not talk about her.

You never stop asking questions

and being a journalist.

- Please. - Sorry.

- Yes? - Marie, it's me.

I just wanted to tell you that...

I'll tell you about it.

- Are you coming home? - Yes.

- I was chatting with PR Stohler. - You should invite him to diner.

I'd like to meet the guy my wife spends so much time with.

- It'd be nice. - Yes, okay.

Do you have plans tonight?

No, not really.

Then please come to eat diner at our place.

Please.

It's really nice of you, but I have to get up early.

I'll give you a ride.

That's nice,

but when you're hungry, the issue at hand is not philosophy,

but finding food.

- He'll say he's a self-made man. - I am.

As a kid, I already knew you had to earn money to get a better world.

Where I come from, there isn't much space for thinkers.

You might be surprised, but I also come from a low-income family.

My father was a stationmaster.

But I've never thought money meant happiness.

Quite the opposite, it creates inequality.

Look around you, it's never been more obvious than today.

How can you be happy

when millions of euros, dollars, or Swiss francs

are given as bonus by banks,

while some others earn barely enough to survive?

Having been poor as a child,

I can tell you money is happiness, or at least a big part of it.

It depends on how you use it,

on how you redistribute it.

Simply through consumption?

When I consume, I give money to many people,

who can also consume, and so forth.

Today, consumption makes the world go round.

You can't deny it.

I don't think I could make those people live with ideas.

You're wrong.

All those ideas, as you call them, give people hope,

and allow them not to be crushed by the system.

That's what you find in 'How to be happy without money'.

Vincent is good with catchphrases.

He could sell anything to people who don't need anything.

You know,

Rousseau's always had detractors.

I could imagine him being with us tonight, smiling.

He'd think deep down that despite all our band-aid speeches,

we're not happy.

I can imagine the glimmer in his eyes because sooner or later,

some people would realize it.

Don't you agree?

I'm a little bit tired.

- It's okay. - I'll give you a ride.

- It's okay. - I will.

Diderot?

Diderot?

He's interesting,

but he's not really grounded, is he?

Is he?

To teach my students means

that the more they can think by themselves, the freer they'll get.

You can't tame a wolf.

If you do, it'll get closer to humankind.

Then it's no longer a wolf and it's not happy,

like a child who's no longer a child.

Let's stop here.

Nobody will believe this.

What we filmed is a proof.

A proof of what?

I don't believe in the divine.

Your world doesn't interest me, it's too different from mine.

I'm tired.

It's lasted long enough.

You don't believe me.

I don't know how to tell you, but you're wrong.

Rousseau wanted to touch the heart more than reason.

It's Julie. I left you a message on your cell but you don't answer.

I'll leave the day after tomorrow. I would have wanted to see you.

To teach my students mean

that the more they can think by themselves, the freer they'll get.

You can't tame a wolf.

If you do, it'll get closer to humankind.

Then it's no longer a wolf and it's not happy,

like a child who's no longer a child.

Let's stop here.

You don't believe me.

I don't know how to tell you, but you're wrong.

Rousseau wanted to touch the heart more than reason.

- Where are we going? - You'll see.

I don't like it when you have secrets.

If you don't tell me, I'll stay right here.

It's my paradise. Only you can see it.

- If I'm late, I'll get scolded. - Don't worry about it.

These are the tracks. Probably from roe deer.

There must be the mother and the fawn.

Are you coming?

Tom?

I have to tell you something.

My mother doesn't like it when I'm with you.

She says you're weird.

It's not true!

Professor, your mail.

- There isn't much. - Thanks.

- How are you today? - Fine, thank you.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

What do you think about this?

That it means society is a prison?

That you're free but you need to control others to live with them.

You could say man has the right to freedom but is actually a slave.

People always think humans and animals are different

because humans are considered free.

But the social man is less free than animals.

It means freedom is an illusion.

It is actually an unattainable ideal.

Rousseau thinks it can be attained.

I agree with him that in order to do it,

you need some real moral courage.

And, deep down inside,

there must be a just and sincere emotion.

Is that courage only a matter of emotions?

How do you know if they're just?

I could want to kill someone

and it'd be a virtue only because it is a genuine emotion?

Freedom is a very

complex matter.

Moral courage too.

A personal emotion

is stronger than the state of society.

Rousseau...

Professor?

I was thinking about freedom,

about the price to pay to be free

and what you sometimes must sacrifice to do it.

It's your father.

If you don't have any plans for lunch, call me back.

It was your father.

Are you insane?

It's Dubois' fault.

Come to my office, both of you.

There'll be two of us today.

Thank you.

It's Julie. I can't come, sorry.

I have a friend who's the principal of a school in Lausanne.

She accepts a few gifted children like Tom every year.

He can't stay in a normal school that slows him down.

Really, I have only his best interests in mind.

Think about it.

Don't wait too long. Registration is right now.

Tom.

It's an opportunity.

How do I come home after school?

You'll sleep there.

You'll have your own room,

you'll have friends, and you'll come back on weekends.

Nobody will bully you because you're not like the others.

Tom, it's not what I meant.

He kept me from losing it when his mother died.

He was like a beacon in the night, a small light of happiness.

It was as if he instinctively knew how to comfort me.

There was the first time he said "dad"...

What's wrong with you?

He had his mother's eyes.

Don't pressure me.

Sometimes, he'd say something amazing...

I don't recognize the sharp and powerful Marie I used to know.

Maybe she's changing?

Professor, it's for you.

Take it here.

Yes?

You never turn on your cell? I've been trying to reach you.

They want to put him in a school for gifted school.

- Who is 'they'? - His father.

He wants to do it for him.

You started all this, Marie.

He was fine before he met you.

Maybe he should go to that school.

Maybe it'll stimulate his intelligence.

This shows you haven't watched the DVD I've sent you.

Watch it and you'll understand.

Could I watch this on your computer, please?

I don't know how to tell you, but you're wrong.

Rousseau wanted to touch the heart more than reason.

Sir?

Are you okay?

Everything's alright.

You're at the hospital.

- What do you want? - I've come to say bye. I'm going.

Aren't you asleep?

Turns the light off, we have to get up early.

Goodnight, Cutie Head.

Goodnight, mom.

I hate it when she calls me Cutie Head.

She called me that when I was little.

How did your father call you?

Don't talk about him, I hate him.

Anyway, I'm going to leave.

- I won't go to his school. - Where do you want to go?

I don't know, but I still have time.

- When do you come back? - In September.

- Will you write? - I promise.

I'm going to miss you.

You can't watch before I'm gone.

I LOVE YOU

FOREVER.

Hello, how are you today?

Could you open the curtain, please?

Thank you.

I'll go get your breakfast.

I'm going to rest, I'm tired.

- You should eat. - I'm not hungry.

Rest then, I'll come again later.

Hurry up, Thérèse!

Where is the man of room 15?

Are there things you did or didn't do that you regret?

- May I ask you a favor? - Of course.

Drive very fast.

Hello.

If you're here to convince me not to send Tom to Lausanne,

you're wasting your time.

I just want to talk to Tom.

- Are you okay? - Yes.

- May I come in? - He's not here.

He's always at the Allandon river's edge.

Thank you.

You'll find him there.

Your father told me where I could find you.

It's quite far.

Thank you.

You were right.

Sorry, I must learn to switch it off.

You must choose what's important for you.

To us.

Sometimes, I miss her.

That's life.

- Your mother is still alive? - Yes.

Do you see her often?

No.

Why?

I don't know.

You don't have time?

- Do you have children? - No.

You don't want any?

I can't have children.

I want to have some when I'm married to Thérèse.

- Are you married? - Yes.

How is your story going?

It doesn't seem to please you.

- It doesn't. - Really?

I shouldn't have entered his life like this.

It's made me understood

that I don't want to do my job this way.

Not anymore.

I might sound as if I'm repeating myself,

but you have a choice.

Without you and your story, I wouldn't have met Tom.

I don't know how to thank you.

Convince Tom's father not to send him to that school.

He's happy here.

- Are you staying here? - Yes.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Bye, Auguste.

Bye.

Why are you so silent?

I'm not happy.

What do you mean?

My life, all that. I don't like it.

- I'm not happy. - Since when?

It's been a while.

Do you want to leave me?

I don't know.

I don't know if it'd be better without you.

I need to know if the woman I used to be still lives in me.

Do you understand?

Rousseau gives us a very strong message of freedom

and a very strong message of solidarity.

I don't get it.

How do you expect me to sell this to the network?

They're going to throw it back at my face.

I won't change a thing.

I did my job without taking the viewers for fools.

I didn't betray this little boy.

If you want to fire me...

Auguste?

I'm coming.

Brilliant flowers,

diverse colors of the meadows,

fresh shady spots,

brooks, thickets, greenery,

come purify my imagination sullied by all these hideous objects.

My soul, being dead to all great impulses,

can no longer be touched by anything

except things that appeal to the senses.

Sensations are all I have left,

and through them alone

can pain or pleasure now reach me here on Earth.

I do not seek to educate myself: it is too late for that.

In any case, I have never seen any of this science

contributing to life's happiness.

But I do seek to offer myself pleasant and simple pastimes

which I can enjoy effortlessly

and which will distract me from my misfortunes.

Plants seem to have been scattered profusely

over the face of the Earth like the stars in the sky

as a means of inviting men, through the lure of pleasure and curiosity,

to study nature;

but the stars are placed far above us.

Are you okay?

You're too fast for me.

- Sorry. - It's okay.

Here you are.

Where were you?

We were worried about you.

We'll call your master to tell him you're back.

Come, you must be hungry.

I'll fix you something. Come.

Come.

Kitty.

- Look. - You're removing everything.

Then if you do this...

The heart's is the best part.

How was Rousseau as a kid?

- Are you interested? - Yes.

His mother died giving birth to him.

His father raised him.

In the evening,

after diner,

they would read together the books his mother left.

They were so into it that they sometimes read until dawn.

It made Rousseau write:

"I had no idea of things

"but all varieties of feeling were already known to me."

One day,

because of an argument, his father had to leave Geneva.

He entrusted him to the care of his brother,

who in turn entrusted him to a minister,

the Minister Lambercier.

There, something really important happened to Rousseau.

He was spanked

for something he didn't do, breaking a comb.

To him, that was unfair.

He said:

"That first feeling of violence and injustice

"has remained so deeply graven on my soul,

"that all the ideas connected with it

"bring back to me my first emotion."

Do you understand?

What makes you sad like this?

Tell me.

Is it about that school?

Can a ten-year-old have an old grumpy professor

as his best friend?

What do you think?

Thank you for today.

Go home, your father will get worried.

Go home.

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Yes, I'll wait.

Thank you.

Doctor?

Auguste Stohler speaking.

Nothing serious, I'm fine.

I wanted to ask you whether surgery was still an option.

Yes?

I see.

Very well.

Thank you.

My dear daughter, please don't be upset.

Forgive me.

I just want to make up for lost time.

We've wasted a lot of time looking for each other.

You must know I've never stopped loving you.

Even though I don't always agree with your choices,

even if I don't exactly share your beliefs,

I love you.

Unconditionally.

That will never change.

Auguste?

He's here.

I have to mail this.

I was searching everywhere.

I had found her jewelry's hiding place,

her savings under her mattress.

In her closet, there were hardbacks.

I had never seen any before.

They looked like church books, but bigger and more beautiful.

They had golden edges.

I opened one and I read:

"Here is the only portrait of a man, painted exactly after nature

"and in all her truth, that exists and probably ever will exist.

"Whoever you may be, whom destiny of my trust

"has made the arbiter of the fate of these notebooks,

"I entreat you, in the name of my misfortunes, of your compassion,

"and of all human kind,

"not to destroy a unique and useful work,

"which may serve as a first point of comparison

"in the study of man."

That was "The Confessions".

That's how I discovered Rousseau.

He spoke to me.

To me only.

I know it's late.

I'd like to talk to you.

At first, what mattered to me was to share what I knew.

I wanted to feel I could influence the life of a young person,

or change a life.

I didn't want to change society,

just a life,

or another, that in turn might change society.

Instead of that, society changed me.

I'm not here to talk about this.

Well,

I don't want you to make the same mistake I did with my daughter.

I sent her to a boarding school when she was a kid.

For her sake.

I didn't know it was the biggest mistake of my life.

I should have kept her with me.

Instead, I wasted those years without ever thinking about her.

Don't do the same mistake. Tom isn't a gifted child.

He's just a lively and imaginative child.

His school is nature.

That's where he learns.

That's where he has so much to teach us.

- Are you okay? - Yes.

I overdid it today.

- Do you want a ride? - I'll be fine.

Can I ask you a favor?

Of course.

Thank you.

Thank you.

He died last night.

He left this for you

in case something happened to him.

Tom,

I wanted to thank you for the amazing times you're giving me.

You're like a star, my boy.

Keep on growing up.

Don't change a thing.

Nothing at all.

Promise me.

That's what I wanted to tell you

that I couldn't tell you lest I ruined our good times.

I didn't know how to say it.

Should something happen to me,

I left Diderot to the lady who takes care of my house.

He'd be happier with you here.

You'll see, he's a nice friend.

This is not goodbye, because I'll be there.

Always in your heart.

You'll just have to call me, with all your heart.

Hello.

My name is Thomas Dubois.

Keep your books closed.

I'll talk about Rousseau.

First, I'd like to talk about a man, a man who taught here.

He taught this:

"I have entered upon a performance which is without example,

"whose accomplishment will have no imitator.

"I mean to present my fellow-mortals

"with a man in all the integrity of nature;

"and this man shall be myself."

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