And that unless above himself he can
Erect himself, how poor a thing is man.

Excursion. V. 158. (Knight's ed.) From Daniel's Essay XIV, in Coleridge, Friend. Introductory. Quam contempta res est homo, nisi super humana se erexerit. As said by Seneca. Amator Jesu et veritatis … potest se … elevare supra seipsum in spiritu. A lover of Jesus and of the truth … can lift himself above himself in spirit. Thomas á Kempis, Imitatio, II. 1.