2. Every person has some dark spots on his character or in his life. _Even_every_employer,_every_official,_every_policeman,_ _every_judge_or_prosecutor_has_such_a_skeleton_in_his_closet._ These things have to be found out, wisely and clandestinely. No difficulty may be a discouragement in this. And once it has been found out, the game is won. A note will then be placed in the newspaper, telling the person concerned that all is known, but in a manner so that he cannot sue. Then, he will be in our hands, and we can do with him as we please. He will surrender. In this manner I have already often worked to the benefit of my readers! 3. In a social respect, mankind can be divided into sheep and rams, masters and servants, those who command and those who obey. Whoever wants to stop being a human member of the flock, _has_to_cast_aside_the_conscience_of_the_flock._ Once he does so, all who are still burdened by this conscience will come running after him. It does not matter at all which flock he might want to belong to. He can leave one and join another, he can switch sides. This does not hurt him. He only has to make sure that it is done with the necessary warmth and conviction, for this elates the crowd. If the social democrats do not follow him, the others will! When the three of us heard these astonishing lessons, Max Dittrich burst out in rage several times; my wife was quiet with amazement; but I left the room to overcome my disgust! Thus, Lebius received neither money nor anything else from me. So, he came to realize that this unprecedented self-incrimination had not just been entirely in vain, but that by it he had also delivered himself into our hands. Now, the three of us were the most dangerous people there were for him. _He_could_never_allow_us_to_ _state_our_case_in_court,_ but rather had to do everything _to_ _portray_us_as_untrustworthy_persons,_who_had_no_right_to_testify_ _under_oath._ It is very important to me to emphasise this in particular, for | this is the only right key for all of his later actions, | | which would hardly be understandable without this key, | | because the hatred this man has against the three of us seems | | to be almost inhuman. | Even before he left on this night together with Max Dittrich, I had purposefully complained about the many letters in which I, not being a rich man at all, had been besieged with requests for money, and did so in a manner which had to keep any educated, honourable man from approaching me with similar wishes: As soon as the very next day, he wrote me the following letter: "Dresden-A., 5/3/04. "Dear doctor!