which they will finally silence; he
foresees the harvest in the seed that
lies barely covered on the surface;
and, afar off, his ear notes the final
crash of that which at the moment
seems to carry with it the assurance of
eternal duration. Such a man secures
the vitality of his time, but he escapes
its limitation of vision by seeing it
clearly and seeing it whole; he cor-
rects the teaching of the time spirit
by constant reference to the teaching
of the Eternal Spirit imparted in the
long training and the wide revelation
of history. The day is beautiful and
significant, or ominous and tragic, to
him as it discloses its relation to the
good or the evil of the years that are
gone. And these vital associations,
these deep historic connections, are
brought to light with peculiar clear-
ness in literature. Beyond all other

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