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The End of the Curve of Reason 221come that will be capable of the spiritual change, a form oflife must be born that is nearer to the divine. After all there isno logical necessity for the conclusion that the change cannotbegin at all because its perfection is not immediately possible. Adecisive turn of mankind to the spiritual ideal, the beginning ofa constant ascent and guidance towards the heights may not bealtogether impossible, even if the summits are attainable at firstonly by the pioneer few and far-off to the tread of the race. Andthat beginning may mean the descent of an influence that willalter at once the whole life of mankind in its orientation andenlarge for ever, as did the development of his reason and morethan any development of the reason, its potentialities and all itsstructure.