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it, and not by any of the lesser ties of per-
sonality that may bind us to him or may be
absentbetween him and us. Themeasureof
want-that is the measure of giving. The
agonythatcriesforhelp-thatistheclaimthat
wehavetoanswer. Andsoourteacherstrain
ustodischargethenearestdutysothatwemay
carryonthestrengthof that tothewiderduty,
andthus make ourlovetomanas the love of
husbandtowife,astheloveofbrothertosister,
finding in the pain but joy in the sacrifice,
becausethehappiness of the belovedisdeeper
thanthemomentarypainofthatwhichisgiven
tous.
Thus,thenwelearn,asitwere,thesanction,
themotive,thatwhichnaturetellsusasregards
thishuman brotherhood,andfromthatwestep
onward to deal with those who are not yet
quite touched with that light of reality which
makes the appeal to the divine m man the
mightiestof impulses.
For as man develops he answers to nobler
and nobler impulses, and at first, very often,
themethodof the teachermustbethemethod
of Nature,which allows mento learnbypain
the reality that I was speakingof with regard
to the law. And so by Karma we scent
another sanction forright ethics; so we teach
