Really, you can't expect me to read such things to boys actually younger than myself, and probably be asked to explain them into the bargain.

There's the Creation part, it's true, but surely when one considers how occult all that is one wants to be familiar with the Kabbala and all sorts of mystical works to discover the hidden meaning.

Now I should propose 'The Art of Creation'-- do you know it?
It shows that the only possible creator is Thought, and explains how everything exists in idea before it takes tangible shape.

This applies to the universe at large, as well as to everything we make ourselves.

I'd tell the boys that whenever they _think_, they are really _creating_, so that----" "I should vastly like to know where you pick up all these extraordinary notions!" interrupted the vicar, who could not for the life of him make out whether Austin was in jest or earnest.