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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. 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
nce of that man or woman. I admit the child a rarity, but a rarity in the right direction, and therefore a being with whom humanity has the greater need to be made acquainted. I admit that the best things are the commonest, but the highest types and the best combinations of them are the rarest. There is more love in the world than anything else, for instance; but the best love and the individual in whom love is supreme are the rarest of all things. That for which humanity has the strongest claim upon its workmen, is the representation of its own best; but the loudest demand of the present day is for the representation of that grade of humanity of which men see the most--that type of things which could never have been but that it might pass. The demand marks the commonness, 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. THE EXTENT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT MAN OR WOMAN I ADMIT THE CHILD A RARITY BUT A RARITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THEREFORE A BEING WITH WHOM HUMANITY HAS THE GREATER NEED TO BE MADE ACQUAINTED I ADMIT THAT THE BEST THINGS ARE THE COMMONEST BUT THE HIGHEST TYPES AND THE BEST COMBINATIONS OF THEM ARE THE RAREST THERE IS MORE LOVE IN THE WORLD THAN ANYTHING ELSE FOR INSTANCE BUT THE BEST LOVE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN WHOM LOVE IS SUPREME ARE THE RAREST OF ALL THINGS THAT FOR WHICH HUMANITY HAS THE STRONGEST CLAIM UPON ITS WORKMEN IS THE REPRESENTATION OF ITS OWN BEST BUT THE LOUDEST DEMAND OF THE PRESENT DAY IS FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF THAT GRADE OF HUMANITY OF WHICH MEN SEE THE MOST THAT TYPE OF THINGS WHICH CAN NEVER HAVE BEEN BUT THAT IT MIGHT PASS THE DEMAND MARKS 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
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