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To make the admission would be to assert that a house may be divided against itself, and yet stand. TO MAKE THE ADMISSION WOULD BE TO ASSERT THAT A HOUSE MAY BE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF AND YET STAND
evelled satisfaction of the age. It loves its own--not that which might be, and ought to be its own--not its better self, infinitely higher than its present, for the sake of whose approach it exists. I do not think that the age is worse in this respect than those which have preceded it, but that vulgarity, and a certain vile contentment swelling to self-admiration, have become more vocal than hitherto; just as unbelief, which I think in reality less prevailing than in former ages, has become largely more articulate, and thereby more loud and peremptory. But whatever the demand of the age, I insist that that which _ought_ to be presented to its beholding, is the common good uncommonly developed, and that not because of its rarity, but because it is truer to humanity. Shall I admit those conditions, those facts, to be true exponents of _humanity_, which, except they be changed, purified, or abandoned, must soon cause that humanity to cease from its very name, must destroy its very being? KS THE COMMONEST NARROWNESS LOW LEVELLED SATISFACTION OF THE AGE IT LOVES ITS OWN NOT THAT WHICH MIGHT BE AND OUGHT TO BE ITS OWN NOT ITS BETTER SELF INFINITELY HIGHER THAN ITS PRESENT FOR THE SAKE OF WHOSE APPROACH IT EXISTS I DO NOT THINK THAT THE AGE IS WORSE IN THIS RESPECT THAN THOSE WHICH HAVE PRECEDED IT BUT THAT VULGARITY AND A CERTAIN VILE CONTENTMENT SWELLING TO SELF ADMIRATION HAVE BECOME MORE VOCAL THAN HITHERTO JUST AS UNBELIEF WHICH I THINK IN REALITY LESS PREVAILING THAN IN FORMER AGES HAS BECOME LARGELY MORE ARTICULATE AND THEREBY MORE LOUD AND PEREMPTORY BUT WHATEVER THE DEMAND OF THE AGE I INSIST THAT THAT WHICH OUGHT TO BE PRESENTED TO ITS BEHOLDING IS THE COMMON GOOD UNCOMMONLY DEVELOPED AND THAT NOT BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY BUT BECAUSE IT IS TRUER TO HUMANITY SHALL I ADMIT THOSE CONDITIONS THOSE FACTS TO BE TRUE EXPONENTS OF HUMANITY WHICH EXCEPT THEY BE CHANGED PURIFIED OR ABANDONED MUST SOON CAUSE THAT HUMANITY TO CEASE FROM ITS VERY NAME MUST DESTROY ITS VERY BEING
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