"Can I make my words mean nothing to you?
Do you not see that it is indeed as I say--that I have grasped the secret of life within life, beyond life, transcending life, as his understanding transcends the man?
The wonder of the island is but the alphabet of wisdom.

The secrets of life and death and being itself are in my grasp.

The hidden things that come near to you in beauty, in dream, in inspiration are mine and my people's.

All these I can make yours--I offer you life of a fullness such as the people of the world do not dream.

I will love you as the gods love, and as the gods we will live and love--it may be for ever.