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A drowsy idea is a half-conscious one; a sleep-walking idea is a subconscious one. An idea sound asleep is no more nor less than an idea unexpressed in any way. This instinct has two varieties. The one is the instinct of the teacher who burns to inculcate and propagate ideas with which he is entirely satisfied. The other variety is the instinct of the artist who endeavors to awaken and bring to expression ideas that strike him forcibly yet that he cannot easily seize. It is a sort of Blindman's Buff.

The Gnostic instinct is the disposition to look beyond the ideas themselves to their upshot and purpose, which is the truth. It manifests itself as scientific curiosity, and scientific research. It looks upon the idea as that which alone has worth in all creation. When it is said that God looked upon his work that it was good, that is [the] tone of the idea He saw in it. Not that mere contemplation can

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