We think of Edward Fitzgerald as a recluse, that he got his development by being alone, that he was largely outside the influences of society. But imagine Fizgerald's life with his books. It undoubtedly did not suit his nature to mix freely with other people in bodily presence, but what a constant and vivid living with others his life really was. How closely he was in vital contact with the thoughts of men. The pioneer spirit is the creative spirit even if it seems to take men apart to fulfil its dictates.
Individuality is the capacity for union.
The measure of individuality is the depth and breadth of true relation. I am an individual not so far as I am apart from but as far as I am a part of other men. Evil is non-relation. The source of our strength is the central supply. You man as well break a branch off the tree and expect it to live.