58 TheSpiritualLife.
Chinesesageofyore: "Helooksatanegg,and
expectsto hearit crow." Nature istoo slow
forus,andweforgetthatwhatwegaininspeed
weloseindepth.
Buttherearesomeinwhoseeyesthiswhirling
danceof gnatsmthe sunlight is not the be-all
and end-all of human life. Some in whose
heartsawhispersometimessoundssoftly,sayingthatalltheseemingclashandrushisbutasthe
struggleofshadowsthrownuponascreen;that
social success,business triumph, pubhc admira-
tionarebuttrivialthingsatbest,bubblesfloatingdown atossing streamlet,andunworthyof the
rivalries, the jealousies, the bitternesses their
chase engenders. Haslife nosecret thatdoes
not lieon thesurface? no problem thatisnot
solved in the stating? no treasury that is not
scatteredonthehighway?
An answer may be found without straying
beyondtheexperienceofeverymanandwoman,
andthatanswerhideswithin ita suggestionof
the deeper truth that underlies it. After aweekoramonthof hurried town-life,of small
excitements,of strivingforthelittletriumphsof
social life,of theeagerness of pettyhopes,the
pain of petty disappointments, of the friction