He who once hath seen this light Will not call the sunbeam bright.

“I quite agree,” said I, “truly all thy reasonings hold admirably together.”

Then said she: “What value wouldst thou put upon the boon shouldst thou come to the knowledge of the absolute good?”

“Oh, an infinite,” said I, “if only I were so blest as to learn to know God also who is the good.”

“Yet this will I make clear to thee on truest grounds of reason, if only our recent conclusions stand fast.”

“They will.”