On The Art of Reading

diminutive focus? His senses are absurdly imperfect. His ear cannot catch any music the spheres make; and moreover there are probably neither spheres nor music. His eye is s

us deceive, whe

him (so far as he knows) it utterly lacks the compliment of an audience. Is all the great orchestra designed

ally attractive, is an ultimate fact.... Spirit to spirit- as

that are dull, by instinct of something yet undefined-call it soul-it wants no less a name-Man has a native impulse and attraction a

Sons, God hath sent

ur hearts, cryi

n in it. Even in his common daily life Man is for ever seeking after harmony, in avoidance of chaos: he cultivates habits by the clock, he forms committees, governme

of God is

a quam Deus in corp