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intellect, rejoicing in its own lightness, clearness, accuracy, shrewd insight, but it has not been sufficiently supported by inspired wisdom. It has attached itself to imaginations and idealisms, but has not learned to discern the deeper Truth and study the will of God. It has been driven by ardent and vehement emotions, but was detective in clear will-power and the pure energy that is greater and more istipetuous than any passionate feeling. Either Nationalism will purify itself, learn a more sacred truth and command a diviner impulse or it will have to abandon utterly its old body and get itself a new. The pressure of events seems to be pointing in the latter direction. But in either case defeat cannot be the end, victory must be the end.
In all the events of the last year and a half the voice of the divine Teacher can be heard crying to us, "Abandon that you may possess ; 'do my will and know yourselves, parify yourselves, cease to follow
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