Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt God and thee,
Defecates to a pure transparency,
That intercepts no light and adds no stain—
There Reason is, and then begins her reign!
But alas! 5
——'tu stesso, ti fai grosso
Col falso immaginar, sì che non vedi
Ciò che vedresti, se l'avessi scosso.'
Dante, Paradiso, Canto i.
1830.
FOOTNOTES:
[487:1] First published as the conclusion of On the Constitution of the Church and State, 1830, p. 227. First collected, P. and D. W., 1877-80, ii. 374.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE[487:2]
—E coelo descendit γνῶθι σεαυτόν.—Juvenal, xi. 27.