The true Idealist has his feet firmly
planted on reality, and his idealism
discloses itself not in a disposition to
dream dreams and see visions, but in
the largeness of a vision which sees
realities in the totality of their rela-
tions and not merely in their obvious
and superficial relations. It is a great
mistake to discern in men nothing
more substantial than that movement
of hopes and longings which is so
often mistaken for aspiration; it is
equally a mistake to discern in men
nothing more enduring and aspiring
than the animal nature; either report,
standing by itself, would be funda-
mentally untrue. Man is an animal;
but he is an animal with a soul, and
the sane view of him takes both body
and soul into account. The defect of
a good deal of current Realism lies in
its lack of veracity; it is essentially

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