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Most aspirants go through a period of disgust with the world and of scorn for the petty aims of their fellows. They feel, as in this scrap of verse by H.G. Hopkins, "Now, severed from my kind by my contempt, I live apart and beat my lonely drum."

-- Notebooks Category 2: Overview of Practices Involved > Chapter 2 : The Measure of Progress > # 109