Facts did not create an ideal. Facts cannot destroy it. Facts destroy but facts. Ideals can only be defended by ideals. The facts, though they have incalculable modifying value, did not create the truth.
Nothing is more real than the ideal.
Mountains are made of vapor, and the soil of the ground is as the dust of clouds beside it. Brick and mortar are built upon it. Most problems can only be survived. And one survives problems by making them irrelevant because of success. It's amazing how many minor ills the healthy body can stand without any trouble.