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theory it may suffice to remember that the universal beliefs of 
humanity always have some justification. As Paulsen says: 
The time will come, even though not until you are on your death-bed, 
when one thing alone will be material to you : whether you have honestly 
done your work in this world, however great or small it may have been, 
as a righteous man; whether you have fought the battle of life as a brave 
and faithful soldier. 
We may differ from this author in thinking that we shall not 
be indifferent to whether we have tasted joy and sorrow here 
below and may believe that we should rejoice to enter as fully 
as possible into the range of human experience ; we may remember 
thankfully our victories and rejoice that we have dipped into the 
sea of knowledge. For is not this segment, albeit small, a real 
part of the whole life we are living? We may not sympathize with 
those who would have us depreciate the good which nature so 
carefully purveys for us here; but, still, it will ever be of vastly 
greater importance to us to feel that we have neglected no pre- 
caution so to direct our bark that, when it passes out into the 
night, it shall not depart from its destined course nor miss of 
attaining the harbor of a blessed immortality. 
