There are some thoughts that will be forever beyond us, says W. The thought of our own stupidity for example – even that's beyond us. We'll never understand, really understand, the depths of our stupidity, W. says. Since we've failed, and could do nothing but fail, we can never really understand the extent of our failure, the extent of our stupidity.
Oh he has some sense of it, W. says. More than I have, but then he's more intelligent than I am. But he's not intelligent enough! That's his tragedy, W. says. Mind you, if he were intelligent enough, wouldn't he kill himself out of shame because of his stupidity? Wouldn't he realise just how immeasurably he had failed? Ah, but if he were intelligent enough, he wouldn't be stupid, W. says.
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