So at length the spirit of man

So at length the spirit of man will reach out, and will reach out far

and wide, till it fills the whole world and the space far beyond with

the expansion of its divine greatness. Then at last most of the

chances and changes of the world will be so quickly perceived that to

him who holds this stronghold of wisdom hardly anything can happen in

his life which is unforeseen or fortuitous. He will indeed seem to be

one whose rule and dominion the stars obey, to whose command earth and

sea harken, and whom winds and tempests serve; to whom, lastly, Mother

Nature herself has surrendered, as if indeed some god had abdicated

the throne of the world and entrusted its rights, laws and

administration to him as governor. So at length the spirit of man

will reach out till it fills the whole world with its divine greatness.