They almost begin at the very spirit of man; they cannot advance far before they find themselves groping in the unseen, and using, not the senses given to us by action, but the eyes and ears of the understanding by which alone the soul of man can apprehend reality.

Even the Germans have gone back to Goethe.
This, then, is the contribution which Dr.Jacks makes to modern thought.
We are to consider man as a creature of boundless potentiality, to realise that his first need is for light, and to define that mystic all-important word in terms of education.

Christianity was not concerned with the moral law; it was concerned with the transcending of all law by the spirit of understanding.
I need not guard myself against the supposition that so true a scholar is satisfied with the system of education which exists at the present time.

Dr.Jacks looks for a reform of this system, but not from the present race of politicians.
"How can we hope to get a true system of education from politics ?" he asked me.

"Is there any atmosphere more degrading?
Plato has warned us that no man is fit to govern until he has ceased to desire power.