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"Der reizt und wirkt" the words necessarily recall a much older parable than the catfish the parable of the little leaven inserted in a piece of dough until it leavens the whole lump by its "working," as cooks and bakers know. Goethe may have been thinking of that.
For the catfish is the demon of the deep, and keeps things lively. After observing that, of all the spirits that deny, He finds a knave the least of a bore, the Lord proceeds: "Des Menschen Thätigkeit kann allzuleicht erschlaffen, Er liebt sich bald die unbedingte Ruh; Drum geb' ich ihm gern den Gesellen zu, Der reizt und wirkt und muss als Teufel, schaffen." Is not the parallel remarkable?
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