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In later life, Wordsworth lost the realization of this supra-consciousness,
in what a commentator calls a "fever of rationalism"; but the power of that
wonderful spiritual vision, pronounced in his youth, could not be utterly
lost and soon after he reached his thirtieth year, he again becomes the
spiritual poet, fully conscious of his higher nature--the cosmic conscious
self.
WILLIAM SHARP--"FIONA MACLEOD"
A pronounced instance of the two phases of consciousness, is that of the
late William Sharp, one of the best known writers of the modern English
school.
It was not until after the death of William Sharp, that the secret of this
dual personality was given to the public, although a few of his most
intimates had known it for several years. In the "Memoirs" compiled by
Elizabeth Sharp, wife of the writer, we find the following:
"The life of William Sharp divides itself naturally into two halves: the
first ends with the publication by William Sharp of 'Vistas,' and the
second begins with 'Pharais,' the first book signed _Fiona Macleod_.
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