ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF GOD 



character has several obstacles to overcome 

 those with which the world supplies him, 

 and those within himself. When the latter 

 are pretty evenly pitted against a great mind 

 and heart, they may greatly assist per- 

 sonality, endowing it with a dramatic sus- 

 pense and climax, lacking in the man whose 

 temperamental giants were mostly slain by 

 his ancestors. 



Unless the human mind is at work on one 

 or both of these obstacles, it cannot be said 

 to be "in the game" or playing the role for 

 which it was cast. It is either out of the 

 play entirely, a super, or an unidentified 

 member of the mob, its occupation gone 

 when its temporary connection with some 

 company is at an end. In the vernacular of 

 the world-stage, the man or woman not in 

 the cast is known as an idler or drifter, and 

 as such may become a serious obstacle in the 

 way of those actively playing their life-roles. 

 The latter condition involves waste and, in a 

 greater or less degree, disables the Cosmic 

 Company, for whom its Manager provides 

 just about men and women enough to run 



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