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Sesame and Lilies Lecture III - Of the Mystery of Life, Part 1
In which the speaker reflects upon the transient and mysterious nature of human life, likening it to the shifting and inscrutable forms of clouds, and laments the apparent futility in the labour of even the greatest artistic geniuses when confronted with a world often deaf to true beauty and sincere endeavour. He reveals a sober conviction that true and lasting achievement arises only from a steadfast faith in the higher purposes of religion or patriotism, which alone give art its enduring power and meaning.
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