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If he finds in the end the ideal to be impossible of realization, if he feels the longing for it to be doomed to perpetual impotence, if he sadly accepts the fact of his incapacity to attain it, then his attitude may change to bitter cynicism.

-- Notebooks Category 2: Overview of Practices Involved > Chapter 1 : Ant's Long Path > # 149