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dance with the real principles of the universe in which 

 we live. 



"It is hard to kick against the pricks", says the 

 apostle Paul - - so also is it hard to lead a wholesome 

 life if one ignores the cosmic laws, as they apply to man. 

 Look at those who turn the night into the day are 

 they not feeble and colourless ? Look at the ascetics, 

 are they not lifeless? the drunkards are they not 

 depraved and frantic? Look at the idler and do-nothing 

 is not his life a bore to him? It is only necessary to 

 apply the human faculties and at once the divine spark 

 flies ; life becomes interesting ; human nature wakes to 

 struggle, grapples with itself and evolves new forces. 

 Each actio of labour calls forth a reactio; not, however, 

 as I explained before, in the sense of mere opposition. 



If Heaven blesses labour, it is surely only labour of 

 the sort which perfects and improves humanity. It is 

 incredible that any particular blessing should attend the 

 purely artificial fuss and pother of social conventionality 

 with all its sleepless nights, after dinner carousals, 

 sedentary pursuits and so forth. These forms of action 

 are obedient to the laws of the social, but not to the 

 laws of the real world. 



Passing through the consequential scheme of change 

 in cosmic spheres, and comparing it with the scheme of 

 human life, we are struck by the curious signifiance of 

 the number 7. This figure is the symbol supplied by 

 nature in the world of music, and it embraces all the 

 harmonies of the creation: not only so ,,but the musical 

 scale with its accidentals and pure notes is clearly reflec- 

 ted in every form of cosmic life. Let us examine the scale 

 from this point of view. 



Do, is its first note with its sharp accidental leading 

 up to re, which rises in its sharp accidental into me, a 

 pure note. The next note is fa a full double tone rising 

 into sol, which in its turn rises into Id, which in its turn 

 rises into gi a single pure note, and the completion of 



