As once winged delight lifted you o'er many a former abyss, build now bridges not yet conceived, a bold and calculated venture. Wonder's not only in the unexplained overcoming of danger; only in a clearly intended achievement does wonder become wonderful. To affect life's course cannot be presumed when the process can't be described and the pattern becomes continually more intricate, only -- to be swept along is not enough. Stretch your practiced powers until they reach between two contradictions. For in humanity God wills to be disclosed.
Rainer Maria Rilke, born on this day in 1875
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