The vital straining towards an ideal, definite but latent, when it dominates a whole life, may express that ideal more fully than could the best chosen words.


Little Essays (ed. 1921)

George Santayana Quotes

The vital straining towards an ideal, definite but latent, when it dominates a whole life, may express that ideal more fully than could the best...

The vital straining towards an ideal, definite but latent, when it dominates a whole life, may express that ideal more fully than could the best...

The vital straining towards an ideal, definite but latent, when it dominates a whole life, may express that ideal more fully than could the best...

The vital straining towards an ideal, definite but latent, when it dominates a whole life, may express that ideal more fully than could the best...