He says that he aims to master these arts himself and reveal them to the world, a difficult task requiring "heaven-sent moments for this skill." It is arguable whether or not this ambition is the disinterested scholarly pursuit of a spiritual goal. If he can learn and reveal the art of thought-control, this will presumably bring the scholar far more fame and fortune than a career at Oxford would have done. However, there are two important points which would suggest a less worldly, more spiritual approach. The first is that the scholar's intention is to reveal the secret rather than to use it for his own ends, which suggests that he wants to make a contribution to knowledge. The second point is that he never in fact does this, but appears later in the poem as a solitary, contemplative figure, seeking to lose himself in a rural idyll.