DialecticallymindedreadersofthisfarragowillatleastrecognizetheregionofthoughtofwhichMr。Clarkwrites，asfamiliar。Inhislatestpamphlet，“Tennyson’sTrancesandtheAnaestheticRevelation。”Mr。Blooddescribesitsvalueforlifeasfollows：——
“TheAnaestheticRevelationistheInitiationofManintotheImmemorialMysteryoftheOpenSecretofBeing，revealedastheInevitableVortexofContinuity。Inevitableistheword。Itsmotiveisinherent——itiswhathastobe。Itisnotforanyloveorhate，norforjoynorsorrow，norgoodnorill。End，beginning，orpurpose，itknowsnotof。
“Itaffordsnoparticularofthemultiplicityandvarietyofthingsbutitfillsappreciationofthehistoricalandthesacredwithasecularandintimatelypersonalilluminationofthenatureandmotiveofexistence，whichthenseemsreminiscent——asifitshouldhaveappeared，orshallyetappear，toeveryparticipantthereof。
“Althoughitisatfirststartlinginitssolemnity，itbecomesdirectlysuchamatterofcourse——soold-fashioned，andsoakintoproverbsthatitinspiresexultationratherthanfear，andasenseofsafety，asidentifiedwiththeaboriginalandtheuniversal。Butnowordsmayexpresstheimposingcertaintyofthepatientthatheisrealizingtheprimordial，AdamicsurpriseofLife。
“Repetitionoftheexperiencefindsiteverthesame，andasifitcouldnotpossiblybeotherwise。Thesubjectresumeshisnormalconsciousnessonlytopartiallyandfitfullyrememberitsoccurrence，andtotrytoformulateitsbafflingimport——withonlythisconsolatoryafterthought：thathehasknowntheoldesttruth，andthathehasdonewithhumantheoriesastotheorigin，meaning，ordestinyoftherace。Heisbeyondinstructionin’spiritualthings。’