Chapter LXXIV · 105 of 115
Proslogion
English, translated by Sidney Norton Deane — Proslogium; Monologium; an Appendix in Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilon; and Cur Deus Homo, translated by Sidney Norton Deane, 1903
The supreme Being is to be hoped for.
BUT the human soul will by no means be able to train itself in this purpose, if it despairs of being able to reach what it aims at. Hence, devotion to effort is not more profitable to it than hope of attainment is necessary.