wasnot\"faint，\"butstrengthenedwiththeyears。Therearesaidtohavebeenlesshopefulintervals。
Hisfaithis，ofcourse，noargumentforothers，——atleastitoughtnottobe。Weareallthecreaturesofourbias，ourenvironment，ourexperience，ouremotions。TheexperienceofTennysonwasunliketheexperienceofmostmen。Ityieldedhimsubjectivegroundsforbelief。He\"openedapathuntomany，\"likeYama，theVedicbeingwhodiscoveredthewaytodeath。ButTennyson\'spathlednottodeath，buttolifespiritual，andtohope，andhedid\"giveanewimpulsetothethoughtofhisage，\"asothergreatpoetshavedone。Ofcourseitmaybeanimpulsetowrongthought。AsthephilosophicalAustralianblacksaid，\"Weshallknowwhenwearedead。\"
MrHarrisonarguesasif，unlikeTennyson，Byron，Wordsworth，Shelley，andBurnsproduced\"originalideasfreshfromtheirownspirit，andnotderivedfromcontemporarythinkers。\"Idonotknowwhatoriginalideasthesegreatpoetsdiscoveredandpromulgated；
theirideasseemtohavebeen\"intheair。\"Thesepoets\"madethemcurrentcoin。\"ShelleythoughtthatheowedmanyofhisideastoGodwin，acontemporarythinker。WordsworthhasadebttoPlato，athinkernotcontemporary。Burns\'sdemocraticindependencewas\"intheair，\"andhadbeen，inScotland，sinceElderremarkedonitinalettertoInglesin1515。Itisnottheideas，itistheexpressionoftheideas，thatmarksthepoet。Tennyson\'sideasarerelativelynovel，thoughasoldasPlotinus，fortheyareappliedtoanovel，oratleastanunfamiliar，mentalsituation。Doubtwasabroad，asitalwaysis；but，forperhapsthefirsttimesincePorphyrywrotehislettertoAbammon，thedoubtersdesiredtobelieve，andsaid，\"Lord，helpThoumyunbelief。\"Torobust，notsensitiveminds，verymuchinunitywiththemselves，theattitudeseemscontemptible，oratbestdecentlyfutile。YetIcannotthinkitbelowthedignityofmankind，consciousthatitisnotomniscient。ThepoetdoesfailinlogicInMemoriam，cxx。whenhesays-
\"Lethim，thewisermanwhospringsHereafter，upfromchildhoodshapeHisactionlikethegreaterape，ButIwasBORNtootherthings。\"