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I. The Inevitable Movement Onward

           

           Hissorrowshadmadesomechangeinhisoutwardappearance;andyetthealterationwaschieflywithin.Itmighthavebeensaidthathehadawrinkledmind.Hehadnoenemies,andhecouldgetnobodytoreproachhim,whichwaswhyhesobitterlyreproachedhimself.

           Hedidsometimesthinkhehadbeenill-usedbyfortune,sofarastosaythattobebornisapalpabledilemma,andthatinsteadofmenaimingtoadvanceinlifewithglorytheyshouldcalculatehowtoretreatoutofitwithoutshame.Butthatheandhishadbeensarcasticallyandpitilesslyhandledinhavingsuchironsthrustintotheirsoulshedidnotmaintainlong.Itisusuallyso,exceptwiththesternestofmen.Humanbeings,intheirgenerousendeavourtoconstructahypothesisthatshallnotdegradeaFirstCause,havealwayshesitatedtoconceiveadominantpoweroflowermoralqualitythantheirown;and,evenwhiletheysitdownandweepbythewatersofBabylon,inventexcusesfortheoppressionwhichpromptstheirtears.

           Thus,thoughwordsofsolacewerevainlyutteredinhispresence,hefoundreliefinadirectionofhisownchoosingwhenlefttohimself.Foramanofhishabitsthehouseandthehundredandtwentypoundsayearwhichhehadinheritedfromhismotherwereenoughtosupplyallworldlyneeds.Resourcesdonotdependupongrossamounts,butupontheproportionofspendingstotakings.

           Hefrequentlywalkedtheheathalone,whenthepastseizeduponhimwithitsshadowyhand,andheldhimtheretolistentoitstale.

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