As we go further we find that from poetry came dramatic art, which became so highly developed in the time of Shakespeare. In his work we recognize the flame in spite of some passages of darkness. We can feel in the words of Shakespeare the ancient voice of the prophets. Whether people dwell in the East or in the West, in reality they come neither from the East nor from the West; nor do they go in the end either to the East or to the West. The source and goal are the same, and so is inspiration. And whoever reaches the truth and realizes the truth, whether in the East or in the West, realizes the same truth; the guidance comes from the same Spirit of Guidance. It seems as if there is weight in every word of Shakespeare, as if behind every word there is something else; and the more one thinks about it, the more one sees that his words are a kind of veil, hiding what is behind them. Added to this there is great dignity in Shakespeare's work.