he died in 1900." In
My Sister
and I
(172) we find this: "Fifty
years after my death, when I shall
have become a myth . . . my
power-philosophy will be re-ex–
amined.. .." A prophecy? Or a
sentence written recently? Some of
the flat aphorisms with their in–
cessant allusions to Nietzsche's
work with which, however, they
never brook comparison, could cer–
tainly have been written earlier;
and even the amalgamation of
this insipid material with such
pornography as could be inter–
polated by supposing that Nietz–
sche had sexual relations with
his sister, with Lou Salome, with
a countess, a harlot, and a few
others, might have been enter–
tained years ago.
There remain at least two im–
portant questions: where is the
original German manuscript? (The
"specimen of Nietzsche's hand–
writing" on p. 18 is nothing new.)
And who, really, is the publisher?
A letter to Seven Sirens Press, Inc.,
brought forth an answer from
Samuel Roth : the German manu–
script has disappeared-probably
in a raid on his establishment by
Mr. Sumner of the Society for the
Suppression of Vice. Roth was
never able to secure the return
of anything Sumner took from
him, and in this case actually
thought it might be for the best,
as publication might only get him
into grave difficulties. So, from
1927 until 1951, he resigned him–
self to the irreparable loss of Nietz–
sche's manuscript; but then his
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