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Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself No such conditions can exist as descending into vice and its attendant sufferings apart from vicious inclinations, or ascending into virtue and its pure happiness without the continued cultivation of virtuous aspirations; and man, therefore, as the lord and master of thought, is the maker of himself the shaper and author of environment. CIRCUMSTANCE DOES NOT MAKE THE MAN IT REVEALS HIM TO HIMSELF NO SUCH CONDITIONS CAN EXIST AS DESCENDING INTO VICE AND ITS ATTENDANT SUFFERINGS APART FROM VICIOUS INCLINATIONS OR ASCENDING INTO VIRTUE AND ITS PURE HAPPINESS WITHOUT THE CONTINUED CULTIVATION OF VIRTUOUS ASPIRATIONS AND MAN THEREFORE AS THE LORD AND MASTER OF THOUGHT IS THE MAKER OF HIMSELF THE SHAPER AND AUTHOR OF ENVIRONMENT
fruit. The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought, and both pleasant and unpleasant external conditions are factors, which make for the ultimate good of the individual. As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both by suffering and bliss. Following the inmost desires, aspirations, thoughts, by which he allows himself to be dominated, (pursuing the will-o'-the-wisps of impure imaginings or steadfastly walking the highway of strong and high endeavour), a man at last arrives at their fruition and fulfilment in the outer conditions of his life. The laws of growth and adjustment everywhere obtains. A man does not come to the almshouse or the jail by the tyranny of fate or circumstance, but by the pathway of grovelling thoughts and base desires. Nor does a pure-minded man fall suddenly into crime by stress of any mere external force; the criminal thought had long been secretly fostered in the heart, and the hour of opportunity revealed its gathered power. HED ASPIRATIONS IT FALLS TO THE LEVEL OF ITS UNCHASTENED DESIRES AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE THE MEANS BY WHICH THE SOUL RECEIVES ITS OWN EVERY THOUGHT SEED SOWN OR ALLOWED TO FALL INTO THE MIND AND TO TAKE ROOT THERE PRODUCES ITS OWN BLOSSOMING SOONER OR LATER INTO ACT AND BEARING ITS OWN FRUITAGE OF OPPORTUNITY AND CIRCUMSTANCE GOOD THOUGHTS BEAR GOOD FRUIT BAD THOUGHTS BAD FRUIT THE OUTER WORLD OF CIRCUMSTANCE SHAPES ITSELF TO THE INNER WORLD OF THOUGHT AND BOTH PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT EXTERNAL CONDITIONS ARE FACTORS WHICH MAKE FOR THE ULTIMATE GOOD OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS THE REAPER OF HIS OWN HARVEST MAN LEARNS BOTH BY SUFFERING AND BLISS A MAN DOES NOT COME TO THE ALMSHOUSE OR THE JAIL BY THE TYRANNY OF FATE OF CIRCUMSTANCE BUT BY THE PATHWAY OF GROVELLING THOUGHTS AND BASE DESIRES NOR DOES A PURE MINDED MAN FALL SUDDENLY INTO CRIME BY STRESS OF ANY MERE EXTERNAL FORCE THE CRIMINAL THOUGHT HAD LONG BEEN SECRETLY FOSTERED IN HIS HEART AND THE HOUR OF OPPORTUNITY REVEALED ITS GATHERED POWER
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