ut,
and the planets are following in their wake. The darkness, too, which
has not yet retreated from the wadi, must soon follow; for the front
guard of the dawn is near. Behold the shimmer of their steel! And
see, in the dust of the retreating darkness, the ochre veins of the
lime cliffs are now perceptible. And that huge pillar, which looked
like the standard-bearer of Night, is transformed into a belfry; and a
monk can be seen peeping through the ogive beneath it. Mt. Sanneen, its
black and ochre scales thrown in relief on a coat of grey, is like a
huge panther sleeping over the many-throated ravine of Kisrawan. Ah,
the pink flower of dawn is bursting in golden glory, thrilling in
orange and saffron, flaming with the ardency of love and hope. The
dawn! The glow and glamour of the Eastern dawn!...

* * * * *

"The dawn of a new life, of a better, purer, healthier, higher
spiritual kingdom. I would have its temples and those of the vast
empire of wealth and material well-being, stand side by side. Ay, I
would even rear an altar to the Soul in the temple of Materialism, and
an altar to Materialism in the temple of the Soul. Each shall have
its due, each shall glory in the sacred purity and strength of life;
each shall develop and expand, but never at the expense of the other.
I will have neither the renunciation which ends in a kind of idiocy
dignified with a philosophic or a theologic name, nor the worldliness
which ends in bestiality. I am a citizen of two worlds--a citizen of
the Universe; I owe allegiance to two kingdoms. In my heart are those
stars and that sun, and the LIGHT of those stars and that sun.

"Yes, I am equally devoted both to the material and the spiritual. And
when the two in me are opposed to each other, conflicting, inimical,
obdurate, my attitude towards them is neither that of my friend the
Hermit nor that of my European superman. I sit down, shut my eyes,
compose myself, and concentrate my mind on the mobility of things. If
the clouds are moving, why, I have but to sit down and let them move
away. I let my No-will, in this case, dominate my will, and that
serves my purpose well. To be sure, every question tormenting us would
resolve itself favourably, or at least indifferently, if we did not
always rush in, wildly, madly, and arrogate to ourselves such claims
of authority and knowledge as would make Olympus shake with laughter.
The resignation and pass