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sonal life, what for convenience we may 

 call their cosmic life. Many interesting 

 phases of this life have been discovered, 

 and exploited too, by the modern students 

 of the subconscious; but the cosmic life 

 is vaster than the present surmise of any 

 psychologist. One thing, however, is 

 clear enough — in this cosmic life men are 

 subject to currents of influence which are 

 much more subtle than are any mental 

 effects. The whole matter is bound up, 

 I am convinced, in the fundamental 

 fashion in which the Bible uses the term 

 "heart." This peculiar influence;, pro- 

 founder than the intellectual process, may 

 be fittingly regarded as a mystic stress 

 having force only with man's individual 

 center, or "the heart." 



To illustrate: The first time I ever 

 heard one of Sebastian Bach's great 

 fugues, I did not comprehend its musical 

 significance, did not understand its spirit- 

 ual intention, could not tell in any degree 

 what the composer was trying to do. I 



