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Mood (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like the Niger River in Africa... no one knows its source, no one knows its outlet'only its reach is known.

A Mood (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be produced at will, but prudence can see it coming like a sailor spotting a squall far off — and know its effect before putting it on.

A Mood (n.) pursued ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to its utmost limit in the abstract leaves nothing behind but a knowledge of it — and the possibility of having it again.

A Mood (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where the aesthete hides himself entirely, so that nothing remains that cannot be inflected into it — for any remainder is a continuity that would hold him back.

Mood (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠turn the thought of one's death into an indefinite buzzing in the ears: now wishing a sudden death, now a slow one, until one's own end is a droll instance among many.