Chapter 14

           Thewesternland,nervousunderthebeginningchange.TheWesternStates,nervousashorsesbeforeathunderstorm.Thegreatowners,nervous,sensingachange,knowingnothingofthenatureofthechange.Thegreatowners,strikingattheimmediatething,thewideninggovernment,thegrowinglaborunity;strikingatnewtaxes,atplans;notknowingthesethingsareresults,notcauses.Results,notcauses;results,notcauses.Thecausesliedeepandsimple—thecausesareahungerinastomach,multipliedamilliontimes;ahungerinasinglesoul,hungerforjoyandsomesecurity,multipliedamilliontimes;musclesandmindachingtogrow,towork,tocreate,multipliedamilliontimes.Thelastcleardefinitefunctionofmanmusclesachingtowork,mindsachingtocreatebeyondthesingleneedthisisman.Tobuildawall,tobuildahouse,adam,andinthewallandhouseanddamtoputsomethingofManself,andtoManselftakebacksomethingofthewall,thehouse,thedam;totakehardmusclesfromthelifting,totaketheclearlinesandformfromconceiving.Forman,unlikeanyotherthingorganicorinorganicintheuniverse,growsbeyondhiswork,walksupthestairsofhisconcepts,emergesaheadofhisaccomplishments.Thisyoumaysayofman—whentheorieschangeandcrash,whenschools,philosophies,whennarrowdarkalleysofthought,national,religious,economic,growanddisintegrate,manreaches,stumblesforward,painfully,mistakenlysometimes.Havingsteppedforward,hemayslipback,butonlyhalfastep,neverthefullstepback.