The man of culture must not only
live deeply and intelligently in his
own experience, rationalising and uti-
lising it as he passes through it; he
must also break away from its lim-
itations and escape its tendency to
substitute a part of life, distinctly
seen, for the whole of life, vaguely
discerned. The great writer, for in-
stance, must first make his own nature
rich in its development and powerful
in harmony of aim and force, and he
must also make this nature sensitive,
sympathetic, and clairvoyant in its re-
lations with the natures of other men.
To become self-centred, and yet to
be able to pass entirely out of one's
self into the thoughts, emotions, im-
pulses, and sufferings of others, in-
volves a harmonising of opposing
tendencies which is difficult of attain-
ment.

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