He cried out, from the depths of his soul, for something stable, permanent, real.
Again, he was assured that this emancipation from change and decay was to be found in knowledge.

But by knowledge he did not intend the perception and recollection of outward facts,--not learning.

Nor did he mean speculative knowledge, or the power of reasoning.

He meant intuitive knowledge, the sight of eternal truth, the perception of the unchanging laws of the universe.

This was a knowledge which was not to be attained by any merely intellectual process, but by moral training, by purity of heart and lite.