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In the light of this truth, what, then, is the meaning of "fighting against circumstances?" It means that a man is continually revolting against an _effect_ without, while all the time he is nourishing and preserving its _cause_ in his heart. That cause may take the form of a conscious vice or an unconscious weakness; but whatever it is, it stubbornly retards the efforts of its possessor, and thus calls aloud for remedy. IN THE LIGHT OF THIS TRUTH WHAT THEN IS THE MEANING OF FIGHTING AGAINST CIRCUMSTANCES IT MEANS THAT A MAN IS CONTINUALLY REVOLTING AGAINST AN EFFECT WITHOUT WHILE ALL THE TIME HE IS NOURISHING AND PRESERVING ITS CAUSESE IN HIS HEART THAT CAUSE MAY TAKE THE FORM OF A CONSCIOUS VICE OR AN UNCONSCIOUS WEAKNESS BUT WHATEVER IT IS IT STUBBORNLY RETARDS THE EFFORTS OF ITS POSSESSOR AND THUS CALLS ALOUD FOR REMEDY
s; 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._ 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. Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions. IVATION 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 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 NOT WHAT HE WISHES AND PRAYS FOR DOES MAN GET BUT WHAT HE JUSTLY EARNS HIS WISHES AND PRAYERS ARE ONLY GRATIFIED AND ANSWERED WHEN THEY HARMONIZE WITH HIS THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS
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