The Moral Vision
When One is Broken in Two
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piece in its own right has the capacity to form the
building blocks of an entirely new being.
Such are the never-ending possibilities which God
has created for man in this world, but it is only one
who is alive to these possibilities who can benefit
from them, gathering and marshalling his resources
after some shattering setback. When he tastes
defeat, he does not lose heart, but prepares himself
to issue a new challenge. He builds anew his
shipwrecked boat, and, aboard it, sets out once
again on his voyage through life (118:9).
