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of our own natures & spiritual needs. And personally when I think of
the basic truth of this thought I am reminded of a conversation
I had yesterday with a gentleman regarding the death of a dear
friend who was taken away in the prime of life & in the midst
of a confusing multitude of activities. Said this gentleman to me
"What a pity that my friend died just when he was commencing
to live. That is the trouble with most of us. We commence
to live when we are when we are nearly on the brink of the grave dead. Similarly
Socrates many of us just begin to realize how fine a religion Judaism
is when sorrow invades their homes. Socrates & Luther, Spinoza
D'Acosta & others in the long gallery of ideal aspiring mortals, had
many moments of ecstacy, sacred moments, golden hours of
joy which a coarse sordid mind knows not of nor understands,
& often ridicules & possibly pities. But If anybody is to be
pitied it is he that have has never known any state but that
of dry cold sordid reasoning. If we would have moments
on the amount, we must toil up the hills rugged side.
In this age, the practical is overemphasized while the ideals
of life that illumine & refresh it are sadly neglected to our
hurt. Even the religious life or if you like the Church life

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of our own natures & spiritual ("atures" through "spiritu" underlined in red) needs. And (inserted: personally - "ona" underlined in red) when I think of
the basic truth ("c" through "tr" underlined in red) of this thought I am reminded ("nde" underlined in red) of a conversation ("sa" underlined in red)
I had yesterday with a gentleman regarding the death of a ("h" of death through "a" underlined in red) dear [?]
friend who was taken away in the prime of life & in the midst[?]
of a (inserted: confusing) multitude of activities. Said this gentleman to me
"what a pity (underlined in red) that my friend died ("ied" underlined in red) just when he was commencing ("men" underlined in red) to live (underlined in red). That is the trouble (the and "tro" of trouble underlined in red) with most of us. We commence ("men" underlined in red)
to live (underlined in red) when we are ______ (striken: on the brink of the future) (inserted: dead). Similarly ("milar" underlined in red)
(stricken: so_____[?]) many of us first begin to realize how fine a religious (underlined in red) Judaism
is when sorrow invades their ("rrow" in sorrow through "the" in their underlined in red) their homes. Socrates & Luther (second "s" in Socrates through Luther underlined in red), Spinoza
D'Acosta & others in the long gallery of (stricken: ideal) aspiring (ideal and aspiring underlined in red) mortlas, had
many moments of ecstacy ("of" through "ecs" underlined in red). Sacred moments ("cred" through "mo" underlined in red), golden hours ("en" through "hou" underlined in red) of
joy which a coarse (underlined in red) sordid mind knows not of nor understands
& often ridicules ("ridi" underlined in red) & possibly pities. (Space between possibly and pities and the "p" in pities underlined in red). (stricken in red: But) If anybody ("body" underlined in red) is to be
pitied ("itied" underlined in red) it is he that (stricken: have) has never known any ("ever" through "a" in any underlined in red) state but that
of dry cold sordid (underlined in red) reasoning. If we would have moments ("omen" underlined in red)
on the amount ("amo" underlined in red), we must toil up the hills rugged side (rugged and the "s" in side underlined in red).
_______[?] ___________[?] age (underlined in red) the practical is ("ical" and "is" underlined in red) overemphasized while the ideals [?] (underlined in red)
of life that illumine & refresh it are sorely neglected ("rely" through "ne" are underlined in red) to our
hurt [?](underlined in red). Given the religious life or if you like the Church life