OF RICHARD JEFFERIES 



days of the Egyptian papyre and the 

 origin of superstition. So long as men 

 firmly believe that everything is fixed 

 for them, so long is progress impossible. 

 If you argue yourself into the belief that 

 you cannot walk to a place, you cannot 

 walk there; but if you start, you can 

 walk there easily.— 'The Story of my 

 Heart.' 



I MYSELF maintain that the mind 

 of man is practically infinite. It 

 can understand anything brought 

 before it. It has not the power of its 

 own motion to bring everything before 

 it, but when anything is brought it is 

 understood. It is like sitting in a room 

 with one window: you cannot compel 

 everything to pass the window, but 

 whatever does pass is seen. It is like 

 a magnifying glass, which magnifies 

 and explains everything brought into 

 its focus.— 'The Story of my Heart' 



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