[The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) CHAPTER I 3/61
They play to the latter the part of the soul to the body, and thus contribute to the rather anatomical result of the dissecting process a spiritual element it would otherwise lack.
But if this is so even of the outward career, it is far more deeply true of the inner history, of that underlying native character, which masterfully moulds and colors every life, yet evades the last analysis except when the obscure workings of heart and mind have been laid bare by their owner's words, recording the feelings of the fleeting hour with no view to future inspection.
In these revelations of self, made without thought of the world outside, is to be found, if anywhere, the clue to that complex and often contradictory mingling of qualities which go to form the oneness of the man's personality.
This discordance between essential unity and superficial diversities must be harmonized, if a true conception of his being is to be formed.
We know the faces of our friends, but we see each as one.
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