The leaf which she first took up contained only brief notes in Garlett’s handwriting. Were they thoughts of his own, were they citations? Probably both mingled together. Franka read:—
The aim of men’s active organization
Is the getting out of the World all the good it will yield,
Whether it be the domain of the Mind’s creation,
Whether it be the crop of the well-eared field.
None of the fixed stars is nearer to us than four millions of millions of miles.... And we call that speck Austria—a great country!
Moral progress finally consists in the increase of the horror felt against the infliction of pain.
Over abysses of night the eye of the Spirit can wander,
There to behold the gleaming of yet uncreated light.
Nothing great can ever be accomplished without inspiration.