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We know exactly as much as we have suffered; neither more, nor less. If it were not possible to suffer with, and even for other people, what follows would not follow, since it is these to whom it is addressed who are suffering directly. But !if these lines contain any value it is only in so far as the writer has been able to suffer with, and for, those suffering directly, who are in need of sympathy and comfort. Should they, in fact, be born of illusion and shallow sentiment they are worthless and will fail to stir any deep longings, in which case may they at least do no harm.
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1 This ststement is thoroughly intelligible so long as we remember kierkegaard's profound remark that every human being is feminine in his relations with God. What Kierkegaard had in mind was the inability of finite man to make any movement, of his own initiative, towards God, who is Infinite. Man does not grasp God; man receives God, Man is passive towards God, man says, ‘Be it done unto me according to thy word’ —man is feminine towards God.
2 It seems reasonable to suppose that visits to the widows, the orphans and the fatherless should not be made solely to satisfy their material needs—plenty of widows are rich, in any case—but in order to stand in the places of those who are dead or missing.