Saturday, January 27:
Occupied in inquiring whether a lottery might not be organized for the poor weavers, thereby gaining a peculiar insight into human apathy. Regular work with the children; R. talks about the names in Parsifal; what to call his old man? Gurnemanz is not right; Arabic, something Gothic must be found.
In the evening read a little Thucydides, dismayed at the cruelty of these beautiful wild animals.