Of Such is the Kingdom And Other Stories From Life
Of Such is the Kingdom And Other Stories From Life
Richard Lee Metcalfe
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But if in these day-dreams we can obtain that recreation which many men say they do obtain from such fancies, without the danger of be- coming idle dreamers, there is little harm in the pastime. Indeed, it may become beneficial if, by yielding to fancy, we prepare ourselves for that im- agination which plays not for amusement, but for moral end. We have been told that "as imagination deUghts in presenting to the mind scenes and char- acters more perfect than those which we are ac- quainted with..., it prevents us from ever being com- pletely satisfied with our present condition, or with 102 "Of Such is the Kingdom " our past attainments, and engages us continually in the pursuit of some untried enjoyment or of some ideal excellence"; and further: "Destroy this faculty, and the condition of man will become as stationary as that of the brutes. " Goschen, the English statesman, gave, in an ad- dress delivered at Edinburgh college, an interesting description of the uses of the imagination. He declared that one of the most precious faculties which Providence has planted in the human breast is "the faculty of wise, sympathetic, disciplined, prospective imagination.
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