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&quot; that there are not somber and terrible aspects of 

 life, but that these things have been separated from 

 the whole, and discerned only in their bare and 

 crushing isolated force. TI\e real significance of 

 things lies in their interpretation, and the Imagina 

 tion is the only interpreter.&quot; 



I had often had the same thought, and found 

 infinite consolation in it ; indeed, I rested in it so 

 securely that I would trust myself with far more 

 confidence to the poets than to the logicians. The 

 guess of a great poetic mind has as solid ground 

 under it as the speculation of a scientist ; it differs 

 from the scientific theory only in that it is an in 

 duction from a greater number of significant facts. 

 The Imagination follows the arc until it &quot; comes 

 full circle&quot;; observation halts and waits for fur 

 ther sight. 



Rosalind thought it very beautiful that Miranda s 

 first glance at men should have discovered them so 

 fair and noble ; there was evil enough in some of 

 them, but standing beside Prospero Miranda saw 

 only the &quot; brave new world.&quot; I remembered at 

 that moment that even Caliban discloses to the 

 Imagination the germ of a human development ; 

 has not another poet written his later story and 

 recorded the birth of his soul ? It was character 

 istic of Rosalind that she should see the people in 

 the marvelous drama through Miranda s eyes, and 

 that straightway the whole world of men and women 

 should reveal itself to her in a new light. &quot; To see 



