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it better at times to relieve the body by an

explosion,and tolet the jangled nervesexpress

themselvesinirritability,than to holdthebody

in strict subjection and let it break under the

strain. At all hazards she had to live, with

strained nerves and failmg bram, till the hour

struckforherrelease. Itisilldonetocriticise

suchaone, whosufferedthatwe mightprofit.

"She lacked self-control." Outside some-

times, for the reasons above given, but never

inside. Neverwassheshakenwithin,however

stormy without. It may be said that such

statement will be used as an excuse for ill-

temper in ordinary people. Let them stand

where she stood, i.e., become extraordmary

people, and then they may fairly claim the

sameexcuse.

H. P. Blavatskywasone ofthose whoare

so great, so priceless, that their qualities out-

weigh a thousandfold the temporaryimperfec-

tionsof their nature. Her dauntlesscourage,

her heroic fortitude, her endurance in bearing

physical and mental pain, her measureless

devotion to the Master whom she served-

thesesplendid qualities,unitedto greatpsychic

capacities, and the strong bodywith nerves of

steel that she laid on the altar of sacrifice,

made all else as dust in the balance. Well