the man retains the power of growth
and so long as he keeps in contact
with the great writers. Every such
contact marks a new stage in the
process of culture. This means not
merely the deep satisfaction and de-
light which are involved in every
fresh contact with a genuine work of
art; it means the permanent enrich-
ment of the reader. He has gained
something more lasting than pleasure
and more valuable than information:
he has gained a new view of life; he
has looked again into the heart of
humanity; he has felt afresh the su-
preme interest which always attaches
to any real contact with the life of the
race. And all this comes to him not
only because the life of the race is es-
sentially dramatic and, therefore, of
quite inexhaustible interest, but be-
cause that life is essentially a revela-

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