““And, thirdly, there is pure effective action without
arbitrary self-will. This is higher than the spirit of
knowledge and the spirit of art, for here the mortal
bodily man does not need to mix himself with the more
lasting stuff, but himself outlasts it as structure ; en-
circled by the sounding music of his living speech he
reaches the starry heaven of the spirit. Here the Thou
appeared to the man out of deeper mystery, addressed
him even out of the darkness, and he responded with
his life. Here the word has from time to time become
life, and this life is teaching. This life may have ful-
filled the law or broken it; both are continually
necessary, that spirit may not die on earth. This life
is presented, then, to those who come later, to teach
them not what is and must be, but how life is lived in the
spirit, face to face with the Thou.”
