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“Theypretend，“asIhear，“thattheversesofKabirhavefourdifferentsenses；illusion，spirit，intellect，andtheexotericdoctrineoftheVedas“；butinthispartoftheworlditisconsideredagroundforcomplaintifaman’swritingsadmitofmorethanoneinterpretation。WhileEnglandendeavorstocurethepotato-rot，willnotanyendeavortocurethebrain-rot，whichprevailssomuchmorewidelyandfatally？
IdonotsupposethatIhaveattainedtoobscurity，butIshouldbeproudifnomorefatalfaultwerefoundwithmypagesonthisscorethanwasfoundwiththeWaldenice。Southerncustomersobjectedtoitsbluecolor，whichistheevidenceofitspurity，asifitweremuddy，andpreferredtheCambridgeice，whichiswhite，buttastesofweeds。Thepuritymenloveislikethemistswhichenveloptheearth，andnotliketheazureetherbeyond。
SomearedinninginourearsthatweAmericans，andmodernsgenerally，areintellectualdwarfscomparedwiththeancients，oreventheElizabethanmen。Butwhatisthattothepurpose？A
livingdogisbetterthanadeadlion。Shallamangoandhanghimselfbecausehebelongstotheraceofpygmies，andnotbethebiggestpygmythathecan？Leteveryonemindhisownbusiness，andendeavortobewhathewasmade。
Whyshouldwebeinsuchdesperatehastetosucceedandinsuchdesperateenterprises？Ifamandoesnotkeeppacewithhiscompanions，perhapsitisbecausehehearsadifferentdrummer。Lethimsteptothemusicwhichhehears，howevermeasuredorfaraway。
Itisnotimportantthatheshouldmatureassoonasanappletreeoranoak。Shallheturnhisspringintosummer？Iftheconditionofthingswhichweweremadeforisnotyet，whatwereanyrealitywhichwecansubstitute？Wewillnotbeshipwreckedonavainreality。Shallwewithpainserectaheavenofblueglassoverourselves，thoughwhenitisdoneweshallbesuretogazestillatthetrueetherealheavenfarabove，asiftheformerwerenot？
TherewasanartistinthecityofKouroowhowasdisposedtostriveafterperfection。Onedayitcameintohismindtomakeastaff。Havingconsideredthatinanimperfectworktimeisaningredient，butintoaperfectworktimedoesnotenter，hesaidtohimself，Itshallbeperfectinallrespects，thoughIshoulddonothingelseinmylife。Heproceededinstantlytotheforestforwood，beingresolvedthatitshouldnotbemadeofunsuitablematerial；andashesearchedforandrejectedstickafterstick，hisfriendsgraduallydesertedhim，fortheygrewoldintheirworksanddied，buthegrewnotolderbyamoment。Hissinglenessofpurposeandresolution，andhiselevatedpiety，endowedhim，withouthisknowledge，withperennialyouth。AshemadenocompromisewithTime，Timekeptoutofhisway，andonlysighedatadistancebecausehecouldnotovercomehim。BeforehehadfoundastockinallrespectssuitablethecityofKouroowasahoaryruin，andhesatononeofitsmoundstopeelthestick。BeforehehadgivenitthepropershapethedynastyoftheCandaharswasatanend，andwiththepointofthestickhewrotethenameofthelastofthatraceinthesand，andthenresumedhiswork。BythetimehehadsmoothedandpolishedthestaffKalpawasnolongerthepole-star；
anderehehadputontheferuleandtheheadadornedwithpreciousstones，Brahmahadawokeandslumberedmanytimes。ButwhydoI
staytomentionthesethings？Whenthefinishingstrokewasputtohiswork，itsuddenlyexpandedbeforetheeyesoftheastonishedartistintothefairestofallthecreationsofBrahma。Hehadmadeanewsysteminmakingastaff，aworldwithfullandfairproportions；inwhich，thoughtheoldcitiesanddynastieshadpassedaway，fairerandmoregloriousoneshadtakentheirplaces。
Andnowhesawbytheheapofshavingsstillfreshathisfeet，that，forhimandhiswork，theformerlapseoftimehadbeenanillusion，andthatnomoretimehadelapsedthanisrequiredforasinglescintillationfromthebrainofBrahmatofallonandinflamethetinderofamortalbrain。Thematerialwaspure，andhisartwaspure；howcouldtheresultbeotherthanwonderful？
Nofacewhichwecangivetoamatterwillsteadussowellatlastasthetruth。Thisalonewearswell。Forthemostpart，wearenotwhereweare，butinafalseposition。Throughaninfinityofournatures，wesupposeacase，andputourselvesintoit，andhenceareintwocasesatthesametime，anditisdoublydifficulttogetout。Insanemomentsweregardonlythefacts，thecasethatis。Saywhatyou
