PART III THE HOUSE OF HEART   LORDS OF THE HEART: I. LOVE CHAPTER 1 THE WAYS OF LOVE The Lords of the House.—As Mansoul comes into the world with Rulers in his House of Mind, which are also powers of delight, so does he come with Rulers in his House of Heart, whose office is to bring him happiness; and, as no one was … Continue reading Ourselves Volume 4 Book 1 Pt 3. Chapter 1

CHAPTER VIII THE LORDS OF THE EXCHEQUER< THE DESIRES (Part II.)           The Desire of Society.—Another Desire common to all people is the Desire to be together. We all want company, neighbours, friends, acquaintances. Little children love to play with other little children in the street; you see half a dozen little creatures of two years old or so toddling about together, talking their baby … Continue reading Ourselves Volume 4 Book 1 Pt 2. Chapter 8 Pt II

CHAPTER VII THE LORDS OF THE EXCHEQUER, THE DESIRES (Part I.)           Mind must be Fed.—We consider the Lords of the Exchequer, the Desires, after the Intellect, because their office is to do for Mind pretty much what the Appetites do for the Body. It is as necessary that Mind should be fed, should grow and should produce, as that these things should happen to … Continue reading Ourselves Volume 4 Book 1 Pt 2. Chapter 7 Pt I

V BETTER-THAN-MY-NEIGHBOUR TWO persons meet in the porch of the King Archon; the one brings a suit, and the other appears to answer to a very serious charge. We know the impeached man and the charge brought against him. Socrates was charged by Meletus, a young man who was little known, with corrupting the youth of the city, and with inventing new gods and denying … Continue reading Formation of Character Volume 5 Pt 4. Chapter 5

CHAPTER VI MY LORD CHIEF ATTORNEY-GENERAL, REASON           Reason, an Advocate.—I have spoken of my Lord Chief Attorney-General, Reason, as a mere colleague of Intellect; but, indeed, he is a person of great importance in the government of Mansoul—so much so, that he not infrequently gets the entire government into his hands. Reason is a personage of admirable powers and of independent character. If you … Continue reading Ourselves Volume 4 Book 1 Pt 2. Chapter 6

CHAPTER V THE BEAUTY SENSE           The Dæmon of Exclusiveness.—The Beauty Sense adds so much to the joy of life that it is not easy to see what danger attends it. But, perhaps, Exclusiveness is the Dæmon that waits on a too keen sense of the joy of Beauty, whether in music, painting, one’s own surroundings, or even in natural scenery. Exclusiveness gets the ear … Continue reading Ourselves Volume 4 Book 1 Pt 2. Chapter 5

CHAPTER IV MY LORD CHIEF EXPLORER           Living Pictures.—My Lord Chief Expires Imagination, deserves a more complete introduction than the by-the-way mention he has had as a colleague of Intellect. He is an amazing personage, with power to produce, as we have seen, a procession of living pictures in every region open to Intellect. Great artists, whether they be poets or painters, builders or musicians, … Continue reading Ourselves Volume 4 Book 1 Pt 2. Chapter 4

CHAPTER III THE DÆMONS OF INTELLECT           Inertia will not let us begin.—Like the Body, the Mind, too, has his Dæmons. The two which beset Intellect are, first, a sort of sloth or inertia which makes us unwilling to begin to think of anything but the small matters of everyday life. If we will only begin, Intellect bestirs himself, strong and eager for his work:— … Continue reading Ourselves Volume 4 Book 1 Pt 2. Chapter 3

          IV “YOUNG CROSSJAY” A GOLD thread running through a sombre stuff, a streak of sunlight in a lurid sky,—something like these is the fitful appearance of young Crossjay in that rather dreary study wherein a ‘Patterne’ English gentleman is exhibited, resting, fold upon fold, upon himself, every serpentine movement, stealthy, sudden, even vindictive, betraying the wiles and ways of the Egoist. But it is … Continue reading Formation of Character Volume 5 Pt 4. Chapter 4

IV           Like Goethe, again, Pen was a person of casual education. It is quite open to contention that persons thus educated do a good deal of the work of the world; that, indeed, men and women of great parts and original mind are often persons who have managed to evade the regular routine of the schools. Like Pen, they have got out of working … Continue reading Formation of Character Volume 5 Pt 4. Chapter 3. IV