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_ Their whims, fancies, and ambitions are thwarted at every step, but their inmost thoughts and desires are fed with their own food, be it foul or clean. The "divinity that shapes our ends" is in ourselves; it is our very self. Only himself manacles man: thought and action are the gaolers of Fate  they imprison, being base; they are also the angels of Freedom  they liberate, being noble. THEIR WHIMS FANCIES AND AMBITIONS ARE THWARTED AT EVERY STEP BUT THEIR INMOST THOUGHTS AND DESIRES ARE FED WITH THEIR OWN FOOD BE IT FOUL OR CLEAN THE DIVINITY THAT SHAPES OUR ENDS IS IN OURSELVES IT IS OUR VERY SELF MAN IS MANACLED ONLY BY HIMSELF THOUGHT AND ACTION ARE THE JAILERS OF FATE THEY IMPRISON BEING BASE THEY ARE ALSO THE ANGELS OF FREEDOM THEY LIBERATE BEING NOBLE
r 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. 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. Even at birth the soul comes to its own and through every step of its earthly pilgrimage it attracts those combinations of conditions which reveal itself, which are the reflections of its own purity and, impurity, its strength and weakness. Men do not attract that which they _want,_ but that which they _are. 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 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 EVEN AT BIRTH THE SOUL COMES TO ITS OWN AND THROUGH EVERY STEP OF ITS EARTHLY PILGRIMAGE IT ATTRACTS THOSE COMBINATIONS OF CONDITIONS WHICH REVEAL ITSELF WHICH ARE THE REFLECTIONS OF ITS OWN PURITY AND IMPURITY ITS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS MEN DO NOT ATTRACT THAT WHICH THEY WANT BUT THAT WHICH THEY ARE
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