comes the statement that beyond description is the light that rays forth from an awakened and educated soul. Here, then, is the contrast, and this it is that enables us to see, retain, and present the idea as set forth by the great educator. What follows is an amplification of his expressed opinion that the light of the soul outshines the light of the sun, and a presentation of some of his reasons for thinking so. Those reasons consisting of the light of the senses, which enables us to perceive the external beauty of objects; the light of reason, that reveals to us the hidden mysteries and glories of things; the light of conscience, that shows us the magnitude and the splendors of the moral world, permitting us to differentiate between good and evil, right and wrong. A careful scrutiny of this sublime passage will reveal the contrasting of the
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