_Grow,_ and thou shalt feed on Me!"[33] said the voice of supreme Reality to St.
Augustine.

Here we seem to lay our finger on the distinguishing mark of humanity: that in man the titanic craving for a fuller life and love which is characteristic of all living things, has a teleological objective.

He alone guesses that he may or should be something other; yet cannot guess what he may be.

And from this vague sense of being _in via,_ the restlessness and discord of his nature proceed.

In him, the onward thrust of the world of becoming achieves self-consciousness.
The best individuals and communities of each age have felt this craving and conviction; and obeyed, in a greater or less degree, its persistent onward push.