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lous world which had gradually un- 
folded about him, noting the broad- 
ening outlook, the clarifying vision, 
the penetrating thought. As he \-jf\ 
read it seemed as if he were living 
again in his own experience this 
hidden life, reaching out in the 
silence of quiet years for the most 
far-reaching kinships with the 
movement of universal thought, and 
bringing itself into deep and final 
harmony with the spiritual order. 
As he penetrated into the secret 
history of this solitary human soul, 
sounding its perilous way without 
companionship across the deeps of 
life, the image of Foster became 
more distinct and real and the path 
he had taken more clear ; until the 
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