To be calm, to be serene! There is the calmness of the lake when
there is not a breath of wind; there is the calmness of a stagnant
ditch. So is it with us. Sometimes we are clarified and calmed
healthily, as we never were before in our lives, nat by an opiate,
but by some unconscious obedience to the all-just laws,so that we
become like a still lake of purest crystal and without an effort our
depths are revealed to ourselves. All the world goes by us and is
reflected in our deeps. Such clarity! obtained by such pure means!
by simple living, by honesty of purpose. We live and rejoice. I
awoke into a music which no one about me heard. Whom shall I
thank for it? The luxury of wisdom! The luxury of virtue! Are
there any intemperate in these things? I feel my Maker blessing
me. To the sane man the world is a musical instrument. The very
touch affords an exquisite pleasure.