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11 (–) who (––) treat their many problems. (–)
12 no. (–) this meeting (––) had a greater (–) meaning.
13 (––) it was an (–) important,
14 it was something more important than a (–) simple meeting.
15 for (–) here (––) the spiritual forces (–)
16 of differing, (–) powerful cultures came in contact.
17 (–) this meeting has given a strong impulse (–) to our (–) thoughts, (–)
18 our thoughts develop, (–) expand more quickly, (–), more forcefully,
more intensely (–)
19 our ideas realize themselves (–) in a coherent direction
20 (–) and our hearts (–) now beat (–) as I can (–) well imagine,
21 (–) more in synchrony. (––) but (–) that does not mean,
22 that we (–) abandon (–) our individual interests,
23 our individual opinions, (–) views and so forth.
24 (––) no. no. it has to do with the (–) harmony, (–) the synthesis
25 (––) I mean, (–) the principle (–) will remain (––) valid,
26 (–) the principle of dialectical unity (–)the SHARED
27 ?: hahahahaha
28 K: and the PARTIcular. (–) then (––) via German scholarship (–)
29 to the enrichment (–) of different (–) cultures. (––) thank you.
30 cheers.

Professor K’s stylistic elaborations of this short toast speech are more than evi-
dent. In particular, the lines 12 to 21 exhalt his theme in a manner that would be
hard to imagine as coming from a Western scholar.

12 no. (–) this meeting (––) had a greater (–) meaning.
13 (––) it was an (–) important,
14 it was something more important than a (–) simple meeting.
15 for (–) here (––) the spiritual forces (–)
16 of differing, (–) powerful cultures came in contact.
17 (–) this meeting has given a strong impulse (–) to our (–) thoughts, (–)

The assertion in 20 and following, that as a result of the conference the partici-
pants’ hearts would synchronize, seems strange and slightly humorous to those
from the West.
18 our thoughts develop, (–) expand more quickly, (–), more forcefully,
more intensely (–)
19 our ideas realize themselves (–) in a coherent direction
20 (–) and our hearts (–) now beat (–) as I can (–) well imagine,
21 (–) more in synchrony.