A journey to nature . 98. n # ^^t CHAPTER IX THE LIGHT IN A DARK CELL I HAVE never been shut up in a dark cell,but I have talked with men who have been,and I can readily understand why a prolon-gation of such punishment brings insanity withit. The best of us, who have what we call in-ternal resources, break down at the sudden lossof our environment. We lose our points of the compass disappear. Our re-lation to things is disturbed. We begin to gropeafter an adjustment. We turn and devour our-selves. To be lost in ones own abyss is , it is like the fabled act of the h
A journey to nature . 98. n # ^^t CHAPTER IX THE LIGHT IN A DARK CELL I HAVE never been shut up in a dark cell,but I have talked with men who have been,and I can readily understand why a prolon-gation of such punishment brings insanity withit. The best of us, who have what we call in-ternal resources, break down at the sudden lossof our environment. We lose our points of the compass disappear. Our re-lation to things is disturbed. We begin to gropeafter an adjustment. We turn and devour our-selves. To be lost in ones own abyss is , it is like the fabled act of the helplessreptile that plunges its fangs into its ownbody. Very few minds can stand the test ofbeing driven in on themselves. And yet it is inthose cloisters that we carry with us that we often-est run across ourselves as we grope in the dark,and then, mayhap, we sit down and become ourown father confessors. 99 A JOURNEY TO NATURE Nothing can be more interesting than the ex-perience of a man who has lived for years on theper
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