from which the village seems almost
shut out; he shares those inclusive
experiences which come to each age
and give each age a character of its
own. He is in fellowship and sym-
pathy with the smaller community at
his doors, but he belongs also to that
greater community which is coter-
minous with humanity itself. He is
not disloyal to his immediate sur-
roundings when he leaves them for
exploration, travel, and discovery; he
is fulfilling that law of life which con-
ditions true valuation of that into
which one is born upon clear percep-
tion of that which one must acquire
for himself.

The wanderings of individuals and
races, which form so large a part of
the substance of history, are witnesses
of that craving for deeper experience
and wider knowledge which is one of

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