{Quality of Mind}[Michaelmas Term 1969]

[Redbook1:(92)][196911?0:0000]{Quality of Mind}[Michaelmas Term 1969]

Michaelmas ‘69

Quality of Mind

There is, in some, a quality of mind

That is not intellect, nor speed of thought,

Not quick analysis, nor yet I.Q.,

But something else, defies our weak attempts

To give it shape; it has no single name,

Nor is it found in one peculiar type

Of mind; but those who have it know they have

And who else shares with them this privilege:

To see beyond oneself, and thus to be

Removed, and look back, as if from out the world;

To gain a new perspective, and to see

The 'I' for what it is, importance none,

And all its tears and troubles as of nought

Against the cosmic scale of time and space.

            This quality is priceless, for it brings

            Laughter, and quiet relief, upon its wings.

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