be found
who their
first
entrance
knew.” If
I have
described
life as a
flux of
moods, I
must now
add that
there is
that in us
which
changes
not and
which
ranks all
sensations
and states
of mind.
The
consciousness
in each
man is a
sliding
scale,
which
identifies
him now
with the
First
Cause, and
now with
the flesh
of his
body; life
above
life, in
infinite
degrees.
The
sentiment
from which
it sprung
determines
the
dignity of
any deed,
