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religion if you will, but it is a religion so broad and untram- 

 meled as to include all points of view. 



If the composite impression from Browning's poems has 

 led me to gather support from them for these views, be it un- 

 derstood that they are not uttered except as an individual 

 expression, not as criticism other than Browning's own, and 

 these suggestions alone are of interest as the outcome of a 

 soul's experience. I do not deny the need of assistance to 

 the weaker from the stronger, and the weight of greater learn- 

 ing, greater knowledge, should not be lightly thrust aside. 



Browning says all this. But the day comes when the spirit, 

 like the little child who learns to stand and walk alone, rises 

 up and says, "I go to prove my soul; I see my way as birds 

 their trackless way. I shall arrive in God's good time." 

 Who will presume to deny to this soul its power ? 



