372
There is no sadder sight than the direct striving after the unconditioned in this thoroughly conditioned world.
373
Before the Revolution it was all effort; afterwards it all changed to demand.
374
Can a nation become ripe? That is a strange question. I would answer, Yes! if all the men could be born thirty years of age. But as youth will always be too forward and old age too backward, the really mature man is always hemmed in between them, and has to resort to strange devices to make his way through.