motes of tbe 



curtain down and pins it with a star," when we 

 turn our backs upon, not half the world, but upon 

 the whole earth, is it into the blackness of this 

 night or into the brightness of the star that we 

 enter ? 



There is none to answer for us. It is the fore- 

 most problem of our lives, and one that we alone 

 can solve. 



