Irish ways . s-^^^y MICHAEL THE MEDITATOR Michael Clohiskey began his meditations, as mostpeople do, at a very early age. Be it observedthat by meditations here are meant chiefly specu-lative musings upon large impersonal subjects,such as would seem appropriately to occupy thephilosophic mind. This mind, according to thepoet, is brought us by the years ; but, if so, it isas an act of rare restitution rather than as a gift,since it was ours at the outset. In fact, however,it probably remains with us all along, though inabeyance, being merely thrust into the backgroundby the urgent trivialities
Irish ways . s-^^^y MICHAEL THE MEDITATOR Michael Clohiskey began his meditations, as mostpeople do, at a very early age. Be it observedthat by meditations here are meant chiefly specu-lative musings upon large impersonal subjects,such as would seem appropriately to occupy thephilosophic mind. This mind, according to thepoet, is brought us by the years ; but, if so, it isas an act of rare restitution rather than as a gift,since it was ours at the outset. In fact, however,it probably remains with us all along, though inabeyance, being merely thrust into the backgroundby the urgent trivialities that crowd to the front aslife advances. Later on, when the throng of these slackens and dwindles, the original disposition to 236 MICHAEL THE MEDITATOR 237 be concerned about matters of wider scope mayonce more manifest itself. We must have allnoticed the proneness of the extremely young toask questions which the most self-confident gnosticcan hardly answer off-hand. Where was everythingbefore there was anyt
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