no adequate measurement can be
made. In like manner, though in
lesser degree, the "Iliad" and "Odys-
sey," the "Divine Comedy," the
plays of Shakespeare, and "Faust"
have set new movements in motion
and have enriched and enlarged the
lives of races.

With these books of life every
man ought to hold the most intimate
relationship; they are not to be read
once and put on the upper shelves of
the library among those classics which
establish one's claim to good intel-
lectual standing, but which silently
gather the dust of isolation and soli-
tude; they are to be always at hand.
The barrier of language has disap-
peared so far as they are concerned;
they are to be had in many and ad-
mirable translations; one evidence of
their power is afforded by the fact

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