As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched
But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends
The smallest scruple of her excellence,
But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
Herself the glory of a creditor--
Both thanks and use."--_Measure for Measure_.


"A man was born, not for prosperity, but to suffer for the benefit of
others, like the noble rock maple, which, all round our villages,
bleeds for the service of man."--_Emerson_.


"Everything cries out to us that we must renounce. Thou must go
without, go without! That is the everlasting song which every hour,
all our life through, hoarsely sings to us: Die, and come to life; for
so long as this is not accomplished thou art but a troubled guest upon
an earth of gloom."--_Goethe_.




CHAPTER II.

LIFE'S GREAT HEARTS, AND THE HELPFULNESS OF THE HIGHER MANHOOD.

The oases in the Arabian desert lie under the lee of long ridges of
rock. The high cliffs extending from north to south are barriers
against the drifting sand. Standing on the rocky summit the seer
Isaiah beheld a sea whose yellow waves stretched to the very horizon.