But let us not forget, in the
face of the frigidities of knowledge, that if they are the
mechanism of life, emotion and hope and love and admiration are the
steam. Knowledge is only valuable in so far as it makes the force
of life effective and vigorous. And thus if we have breasted the
strange current of life, or even if we have been ourselves
overpowered and swept away by it, let us try, in whatever region we
have the power, to let that experience have some value for
ourselves and others. If we can say it or write it, so much the
better. There are thousands of people moving through the world who
are wearied and bewildered, and who are looking out for any message
of hope and joy that may give them courage to struggle on; but if
we cannot do that, we can at least live life temperately and
cheerfully and sincerely: if we have bungled, if we have slipped,
we can do something to help others not to go light-heartedly down
the miry path; we can raise them up if they have fallen, we can
cleanse the stains, or we can at least give them the comfort of
feeling that they are not sadly and insupportably alone.
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