. The open door . it have we done it ? Not what we haveattained, but what have we attempted ? Notwhat we grasp but what we have reached outto, the quest not the conquest, the attempt not 126 The Open Door the attainment, the vision not the possession,the dream not the fulfillment. All instincts immature All purposes unsure Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped;All I could never be,All men ignored in me,This, I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped. The idealism of youth justifies itself by its re-sults, and it is also in line
. The open door . it have we done it ? Not what we haveattained, but what have we attempted ? Notwhat we grasp but what we have reached outto, the quest not the conquest, the attempt not 126 The Open Door the attainment, the vision not the possession,the dream not the fulfillment. All instincts immature All purposes unsure Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped;All I could never be,All men ignored in me,This, I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped. The idealism of youth justifies itself by its re-sults, and it is also in line with the truest phi-losophy of life. It is the creative spirit of man,which fashions the world and turns it into ahabitable home, compelling blind forces to goour way and yield to our ends. Idealism holdsthe key to the Magic Door. VIThe Lure of the Open Door The meagre, stale, forbidden waysOf custom, law, and statute, took at onceThe attraction of a country in romance, — Wordsworth* YITHE LURE OF THE OPEN DOOR. HERE is an elusive quality inlife, which tempts us on toessay some new venture. Ifit were not for this, we wouldrarely have courage to let goaccustomed moorings. The innate conserva-tism of human nature and the natural inertiaof society hold us fast to the usual. It needsa strong pull to drag us from the known toface the unknown. Some of that pull comesfrom the lure of the Open Door. Even our con-stant desire to be safe and sane cannot alwaysresist the happy temptation to try our fortunethrough the glimmering portals that invite for this the innovation would have lesschance than even it has, though the chancesometimes seems slim enough as it is. Com-monly we want to be let alone, and it is partof our stock of wisdom to let well, and for that part ill, alone. On the whole we comfort our- 129 130 The Open Door selves with our proverbs that it is wise to letsleeping dogs lie. Our early interest and curi-osity about the world soon gets dulled, and thespirit of inv
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