Upborne to spirit-heights and thus infilled
With great creative power, he painted then
Pictures, which seem indeed like living men.
That which would soon have driven other men
To strive amain toward the highest goal
Upon the beaten track of art—all this
Was but a fresh incentive to his brain
To use hard-won success in such a way
As might prove best for welfare of mankind.
He saw full well that spirit-science must