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e steps of time; the strokes of chance; the
blows of death? Men have not heard with their physical sense the tumult
of sweet voices above the hills of Judea nor seen the heavenly vision;
but millions have listened to that spiritual message through many ages。
Our blindness changes not a whit the course of inner realities。 Of us it
is as true as it is of the seeing that the most beautiful world is
always entered through the imagination。 If you wish to be something that
you are not;……something fine; noble; good;……you shut your eyes; and for
one dreamy moment you are that which you long to be。
INWARD VISIONS
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INWARD VISIONS
ACCORDING to all art; all nature; all coherent human thought; we know
that order; proportion; form; are essential elements of beauty。 Now
order; proportion; and form; are palpable to the touch。 But beauty and
rhythm are deeper than sense。 They are like love and faith。 They spring
out of a spiritual process only slightly dependent upon sensations。
Order; proportion; form; cannot generate in the mind the abstract idea
of beauty; unless there is already a soul intelligence to breathe life
into the elements。 Many persons; having perfect eyes; are blind in
their perceptions。 Many persons; having perfect ears; are emotionally
deaf。 Yet these are the very ones who dare to set limits to the vision
of those who; lacking a sense or two; have will; soul; passion;
imagination。 Faith is a mockery if it teaches us not that we may
construct a world unspeakably more plete and beautiful than the
material world。 And I; too; may construct my better world; for I am a
child of God; an inheritor