Thou plain man [wrote Kierkegaard toward the close of his life]! The Christianity of the New Testament is infinitely high; but observe that it is not high in such a sense that it has to do with the difference between man and man with respect to intel lectual capacity, etc. No, it is for all. Thou plain man! I have not separated my life from thine; thou knowest it, I have lived in the street, am known to all.