Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer,
The End of the 19th Century
(1901)
“ The future life?... The stars who can explore, and who can guess the ending of the world? Joy?... but at the bottom of our souls lie furled, those thoughts that mid enjoyment cry for more. So what is left? In all the faiths of yore we find no comfort. Things for us are clear. What is your shield against the evil’s spear, man of the fin-de-siècle?... He spoke no more. This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content. ”
