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  IwrotethemostofthesethoughtsinmydiaryonthecoastofNormandy,andasIfinishedcameuponMontSaintMichel,andthereupondoubtedforadaythefoundationofmyschool.HereIsawtheplacesofassembly,thosecloistersontherockssummit,thechurch,thegreathallswheremonks,hts,ormenatarmssatatmeals,beautifulfromororproportion.IrememberedordihePopesforbiddingdrinking?cupswithstemsofgoldtothesemonkswhohadbutabaredormitorytosleepin.Evenwhenimagining,theindividualhadtakenmorefromhisfellowsandhisfathersthanhegave;onemanfinishingwhatanotherhadbegun;andallthatmajestitasy,seemingmoreofEgyptthanofChristendom,spokenothingtothesolitarysoul,butseemedtoannouherpastoryettoeanheroictemperofsocialmen,abondageofadventureandofwisdom.ThenIthoughtmorepatientlyandIsawthatwhathadmadethesebutasoneandgiventhemforathousahemiraclesoftheirshriemporalrulebylandandsea,wasnotadessiontoknaveordolt,animpoverishmentoftheonthoughttomakeitserviceableandeasy,butadeadlanguageandaunioninwhatever,eventothegreatestsaint,isofincredibledifficulty.OnlybythesubstantiationofthesoulIthought,whetheriureorinsanctity,weeuponthoseagreements,thoseseparationsfromallelsethatfasteogetherlastingly;forwhileapopularandpicturesqueBurnsandScottbutcreateaprovindourIrishcriesandgrammarsservesomepassingneed,Homer,Shakespeare,Dante,Goetheandallwhotravelintheirroadwithhoweverpoorastride,defineradcreateeverlastingloyalties.Synge,likeallofthegreatkin,soughtfortherahtheeyesorinhistory,oreveniure,butwherethosemonksfoundGod,ihsofthemind,andinallartlikehis,althoughitdoesnotand??indeedbecauseitdoesnot??maylietherootsoffar?brangevents.Onlythatwhichdoesnotteach,whichdoesnotcryout,whichdoesnotpersuade,whichdoesnotdesd,whichdoesnotexplainisirresistible.Itismadebymenwhoexpressedthemselvestothefull,anditworksthroughthebestminds;whereastheexternalandpicturesqueanddeclamatorywriters,thattheymaycreatekiltsandbagpipesandneersandguide?books,leavethebestmiy,andinIrelandandScotlandEnglandrunsintothehole.Ithasnoarrayumentsandmaxims,becausethegreatandthesimple(andtheMuseshaveneverknownwhichofthetwomostpleasesthem)heirdeliberatethoughtforthedayswork,awilldoitworseiftheyhavenotgrownintoorfoundaboutthem,mostperhapsinthemindsofwomen,thenoblenessofemotion,associatedwiththeseryasoftheirtry,bythosegreatpoets,whohavedreameditinsolitude,andwhotothisdayinEuropearecreatingiructiblespiritualraces,likethionhascreatedi.

  W.B.Yeats.

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