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through and beyond the external aspects of life, the mere means 

 of existence, to real existence itself. It arises not through zeal for 

 any party or any sectarian ideal; it seeks neither that which is new 

 because it is new, nor that which is old because it is old, but that 

 which is eternally real. It proposes no fantastic theory or form of 

 education, but simply education. 



