The Mysterious Stranger • Paragraph 11
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He said: "I am of another order. I am a spirit that delights in seeing. Men are my toys; their emotions and follies are my pastime. I do not make them suffer; I only make visible the truth of their nature. You pity them because you are small; I have no pity because I am large. To us, the universe is a chess-board: certain stones move under the influence of unseen laws, and when they fall we set them up again."