XXVI + 

O my brethren! With whom lieth the greatest danger to the whole human future? Is it not with the good and just?⁠— + 

—As those who say and feel in their hearts: “We already know what is good and just, we possess it also; woe to those who still seek thereafter!” + 

And whatever harm the wicked may do, the harm of the good is the harmfulest harm! + 

And whatever harm the world-maligners may do, the harm of the good is the harmfulest harm! + 

O my brethren, into the hearts of the good and just looked someone once on a time, who said: “They are the Pharisees.” But people did not understand him. + 

The good and just themselves were not free to understand him; their spirit was imprisoned in their good conscience. The stupidity of the good is unfathomably wise. + 

It is the truth, however, that the good must be Pharisees⁠—they have no choice! + 

The good must crucify him who deviseth his own virtue! That is the truth! + 

The second one, however, who discovered their country⁠—the country, heart and soil of the good and just⁠—it was he who asked: “Whom do they hate most?” + 

The creator, hate they most, him who breaketh the tables and old values, the breaker⁠—him they call the lawbreaker. + 

For the good⁠—they cannot create; they are always the beginning of the end:⁠— + 

—They crucify him who writeth new values on new tables, they sacrifice unto themselves the future⁠—they crucify the whole human future! + 

The good⁠—they have always been the beginning of the end.⁠— + 