“In the morning he would sit down to work, finish his allotted task, then take the little lamp from the hook, put it on the table, get his book from the shelf, open it, and sit down to read. And the more he read, the more he understood, and the brighter and happier it grew in his heart.”

There is a quiet simplicity in the life of the cobbler. He would perform his duties, and then he would read. There is no ostentation, no needing to share what he read, just the reading and the growing understanding or enlightening. As Joseph Campbell said, “Sit in a room and read — and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.”

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