mersion in the stream of events, the
decline of moral energy, conspire to
blight this noble use of the imagina-
tion, and to chill the faith which makes
creative living and working possible.
The familiar companionship of the
great Idealists is one of the greatest
resources against the paralysis of this
faith and the decay of this faculty.

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