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33 8 The Century of the Child
such moments when a great action, a great
truth, a great and beautiful thing, or great
good fortune, absorbs our whole existence ; mo-
ments when our eyes fill with tears, when our
arms stretch out to embrace the world and the
thoughts which it contains. Such moments
include the most intensive emotion of our own
personality; at the same time they bring the
fullest absorption in the common feeUng of
existence as a whole. A great life means
giving continuity of action to such inspired
moments.
There are young people who can look back
on no such moments, who arrogantly look
down on the problems of their times from the
height of their " superman " theories or from
their superior learning; who measure them
by the iron law of historical development. At
all times there have been such people. There
is no question in which it is more fatal for
young people to isolate themselves, than that
which deals with social conflicts. This age
requires the young above all others to test this
question from all points of view, to investigate
all other ideas in connection with it. Every
reform plan must be investigated in connection
with its influence on the problems of indi-
vidualism and socialism. From youth we have
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