It is precisely this poise which men
of the highest productive power se-
cure; for it is this nice adjustment of
the individual discovery of truth to
the general discovery of truth which
gives a man of imaginative faculty
range, power, and sanity of view.
To see, feel, think, and act strongly
and intelligently in our own individ-
ual world gives us first-hand relations
to that world, and first-hand knowl-
edge of it; to pass beyond the limits
of this small sphere, which we touch
with our own hands, into the larger
spheres which other men touch, not
only widens our knowledge but vastly
increases our power. It is like ex-
changing the power of a small stream
for the general power which plays
through Nature. One of the meas-
ures of greatness is furnished by this
ability to pass through individual into

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