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The abstract does not appeal to the masses, because it gives them nothing. But an embodied man can be seen, heard, and touched, to that extent can be understood, to that extent he gives them something; he can be followed, admired, feared, reverenced, or worshipped.
-- Notebooks Category 25: World-Mind in Individual Mind > Chapter 5 : The Sage's Service > # 136