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84 LIGHT ON THB PATH or object induces one of them to come into the midst of human life, His seclusion and safety are preserved as completely as ever. It is part of His inheritance, part of His . position. He has an actual title to it, and can no more put it asidu than the Duke of Westminstei can say he does not choose to be the Duke of Westrinster. In the various great qities of the world an Adept lives for a while from time to time, or perhaps only passes through; but all are occasionally aided by the actual power and presence of one of these men. Here in London, as in Paris and St. Petersburg, there are men high in development. But. They are only known as mystics by those who have the power to recognize; the power given by the conquering of self. Otherwise how could They exist, even for an hour, in such a mental and psychic atmosphere as is created by the confusion and disorder of a city? Unless prctected and made safe, Their own growth would be
