taken into account by teachers, largely
ignored by educational systems and
philosophies, it is the divinest of all
the powers which men are able to
put forth, because it is the creative
power. It uses thought, but, in a
way, it is greater than thought, be-
cause it builds out of thought that
which thought alone is powerless to
construct. It is, indeed, the essential
element in great constructive think-
ing; for while we may have thoughts
untouched by the imagination, one
cannot think along high constructive
lines without its constant aid. Iso-
lated thoughts come unattended by
it, but the thinking which issues in
organised systems, in comprehensive
interpretations of things and events,
in those noble generalisations which
have the splendour of the discovery
of new worlds in them, in those con-

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