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INTRODUCTION .
Nor
can
she
ever
afford
to
do without
it.
Says Mr.
Abercrombie , in
his
Ceremonial
Ode,
intended
for
a
University
,
This
,
then
,
is
yours
:
to
build
exultingly
High
,
and yet more high
,
The knowledgeable
towers
.
.
.
That
so
Man
's
mind
,
not
conquered
by his
clay
,
May
sit
above his fate
,
Inhabiting
the
purpose
of
the
stars
And trade with
his
Eternity
.
Now
,
in
historical
fact
,
such
traffic
uplifted
on
knowledge
has hitherto been mainly
conducted
for Man
by
poetry
and philosophy
;
and
in
Man
's
experience
of
the two
,
the
commerce
of
poetry has brought
the more
durable
profit
.
ARTHUR QUILLER
-
COUCH
.