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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 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
pression of keenness and promptitude scarcely even ruffled the prevailing look of unclouded heavenly babyhood. If any one thinks I am unfaithful to human fact, and overcharge the description of this child, I on my side doubt 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 could never have been but that it might pass. T NOT FREQUENT EXPRESSION OF KEENNESS AND PROMPTITUDE SCARCELY EVEN RUFFLED THE PREVAILING LOOK OF UNCLOUDED HEAVENLY BABYHOOD IF ANY ONE THINKS I AM UNFAITHFUL TO HUMAN FACT AND OVERCHARGED THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS CHILD I ON MY SIDE DOUBT 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
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