கவிதையும் கற்பனையும் 179 17. “The energy of the mind or "the soul—for it welds as psychical activities—which is the agent of our world-winnings and the procreator of our growing life, we term imngination. It is distinguished from perception by its relative freedom from the dictation of sense; it is distinguished from memory by its power to acquire memory only retains; it is distinguished from emotion in being a force rather tham a motive; from the understanding in being an assimilator rather than the mere weighter of what is set before it; from the will, because the will, is but the wielder of the reins—the will is but the charioteer, the imagination is the pharaoh in command. It is distinguised from all these, yet it inciudes them all. for itsis the full functioning of the whole mind. Through beauty the world grows, and it is the business of the imagination to create the beautiful. —A study of Poetry-B. Perry. Page, 67. 18. Will.
