is the development of the power to
turn conscious processes of observa-
tion, emotion, and skill into uncon-
scious processes; to enrich the nature
below the surface, so to speak; to
make the soil productive by making
it deep and rich. Men of mere skill
always stop short of this final process
of self-development, and always stop
short of those final achievements
which sum up and express all that
has been known or felt about a sub-
ject and give it permanent form; men
of essential greatness take this last
step in that higher education which
makes one master of the force of his
personality, and give his words and
works universal range and perennial
interest.

Now, this is the deepest quality in
the books of life, which a student
may not only enjoy to the full, but

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