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they not move beside us quietly and helpfully day by day ? If they 

 nurse no delusions, they allow no fear. If their calm lucidity of soul 

 is marred now and again by sadness, it is begotten by pity for the 

 present, not by fears for the future. If they are not radiant with 

 visionary ardor, they are inspired by unconquerable faith; nor does 

 the star of joy shine any the less brightly above them because it is 

 kindled of reality. And thus they build the City of God, not by 

 heaven-compelling rites or magic words, in a sphere of mystic unreality, 

 but patiently, stone by stone, with faithful hands, in their own daily 

 walks. For they know that when all is known the City of God can 

 be none other than the city of man. 



