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him when the lines of history draw in, and the 

 critic will have the proper perspective ? I believe 

 no great worker ever thought less about it. 

 Through inexorable labour, through constant sacri- 

 fice, through storms of painful obloquy, he has lived 

 his ideals, if he has made mistakes been mortal. 

 Those ideals are an enduring contribution to the 

 good. The first, the motto of his young days, 

 was Impavidi progrediamur "Let us march on 

 fearlessly." The second, the motto of his later 

 years, was : "The good, the true, and the beautiful, 

 are the ideals, yea the gods, of our Monistic 

 philosophy." 



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