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what." The spirit can fill the whole world and the sta/s 

 be your jewels : " You never enjoy the world aright, till 

 the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed 

 with the heavens, and crowned with the stars, and per- 

 ceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world." 

 And our inheritance is more than the world, " because 

 men are in it who are every one sole heirs as well as 

 you." It is a social mysticism. "The world," he says 

 in another place, "does serve you, not only as it is the 

 place and receptacle of all your joys, but as it is a great 

 obligation laid upon all mankind, and upon every person 

 in all ages, to love you as himself; as it also magnifieth 

 all your companions." His is the true " public mind," as 

 he calls it. "There is not," he says in another place 

 " there is not a man in the whole world that knows God, 

 or himself, but he must honour you. Not only as an 

 Angel or as a Cherubim, but as one redeemed by the 

 blood of Christ, beloved by all Angels, Cherubims, and 

 Men, the heir of the world, and as much greater than the 

 Universe, as he that possesseth the house is greater than 

 the house. O what a holy and blessed life would men 

 lead, what joys and treasures would they be to each other, 

 in what a sphere of excellency would every man move, 

 how sublime and glorious would their estate be, how full 

 of peace and quiet would the world be, yea, of joy and 

 honour, order and beauty, did men perceive this of them- 

 selves, and had they this esteem for one another ! " 



Here, as in other passages, he seems to advance to the 

 position of Whitman, whom some have blamed for mak- 

 ing the word " divine " of no value because he would 

 apply it to all, whereas to do so is no more than to lay 

 down that rule of veneration for men and the other 



