13/18 He must live no longer as a blundering and selfish personality, but as an intelligent ego who comprehends the part which he has to play in the great scheme of the universe. He must have forgotten himself utterly; he must have resigned all thought of worldly profit or pleasure or advancement; he must be willing to sacrifice everything, and himself first of all, for the sake of the work that has to be done. He may be _in_ the world, but he must not be _of_ the world. He must be careless utterly of its opinion. For the sake of helping man he must make himself something more than man. |