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The Soul of the World
 I wake up in the morning and plan a way
to make this day a
bit better
than yesterday by study of the seven liberal arts and sciences:
By grammar we are taught to express in noble
and adequate
language
our innermost thoughts and
ideals;
By
rhetoric we are enabled to conceal our ideals under the protecting
cover of
ambiguous language and and figures of speech;
By
logic, we are trained in the organization of the intellectual
faculties
with which we have been endowed;
By
arithmetic we are not only instructed in the mystery of universal
order
but
we also gain the key to multitude, magnitude, and
proportion;
By
geometry we are inducted into the mathematics of form, the
harmony
and rhythm of angles, and the philosophy of organization;
By
music we are reminded that the universe is founded upon the laws
of
celestial harmonics and that harmony and rhythm are all-pervading;
By
astronomy we gain an understanding of the immensities of time
and
space,
of the proper relationship between all people and the universe,
and of
the awesomeness of that Unknown Power which is driving
the
countless stars of the firmament through illimitable space.
Equipped with
the knowledge conferred by familiarity with the liberal
arts
and
sciences, I am confronted by few problems with which I cannot cope.
Namárië
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