explain the world, but that was only
one-half of their endeavour; they at-
tempted also to explain themselves.
They discovered the striking analo-
gies between certain natural phenom-
ena or processes and the phenomena
and processes of their own nature;
they discovered the tasks and wan-
derings of the sun, and they per-
ceived the singular resemblance of
these tasks and wanderings to the hap-
penings of their own lives. So the
hero and the wanderer became sub-
jective as well as objective, and sym-
bolised what was deepest and most
universal in human nature and human
experience, as well as what was most
striking in the external world. When
primitive men looked into their hearts
and their experience, they found their
deepest hopes, longings, and possi-
bilities bound up and worked out in

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