y　lose　all　interest　in　the　subject。　Nothing　more　dull　could　be　imagined。　I　may　be　able　to　define　and　describe　fairly　exhaustively　this　inkpot　on　the　table；　but　for　you　or　for　me　to　give　the　limits　and　boundaries　of　ourselves　is；　I　am　glad　to　say；　impossible。　That　does　not；　however；　mean　that　we　cannot　FEEL　and　be　CONSCIOUS　of　ourselves；　and　of　our　relations　to　other　selves；　and　to　the　great　Whole。　On　the　contrary　I　think　it　is　clear　that　the　more　vividly　we　feel　our　organic　unity　with　the　whole；　the　less　shall　we　be　able　to　separate　off　the　local　self　and　enclose　it　within　any　definition。　I　take　it　that　we　can　and　do　become　ever　more　vividly　conscious　of　our　true　Self；　but　that　the　mental　statement　of　it　always　does　and　probably　always　will　lie　beyond　us。　All　life　and　all　our　action　and　experience　consist　in　the　gradual　manifestation　of　that　which　is　within　usof　our　inner　being。　In　that　senseand　reading　its　handwriting　on　the　outer　world　we　come　to　know　the　soul's　true　nature　more　and　more　intimately；　we　enter　into　the　mind　of　that　great　artist　who　beholds　himself　in　his　own　creation。
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