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Dr. Jespersen
The Lutheran preacher invited to the dying household at Ulsgaard; away from his pious flock he is out of his element, and Malte draws him as a fish gasping on dry land, a man so professionally employed 'in the department of the soul' that he is never off duty.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §172 Dr. Jespersen
The Lutheran preacher invited to the dying household; out of his element away from his pious neighborhood, he is drawn as a fish gasping on dry land — a man so professionally 'in the department of the soul' that he is never off duty, not even with his own wife.