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Therefore we ought not so to Λάΐΐίγ and depress our na  ture as if it could not get the ascendant over Fortune, and had nothing of firmness and stabihty in it. THEREFORE WE OUGHT NOT SO TO VILIFY AND DEPRESS OUR NATURE AS IF IT COULD NOT GET THE ASCENDANT OVER FORTUNE AND HAD NOTHING OF FIRMNESS AND STABILITY IN IT
 ! But why alas and irell atvni/ ? Naught else to us hath yet been dealt. But tliat which daily men have felt. Tliere is no reasoning more effectual to restrain our pas- sions and hinder our minds from falling into despair, than that Avhich sets before us a physical necessity and the common lot of nature. And it is our bodies only that lie exposed to this destiny, and which we offer (as it Avere) as a handle to Fortune ; but the fort-royal is still secure, where our strength lies and our most precious things are treas- ured up. AVhen Demetrius took Megara, he asked Stilpo whether he had not suffered particular damage in the plundering ; to w4iich he made this ansAver, that he saw nobody that could rob him. So when Fate hath made all the depredations upon us it possibly can and hath left us naked, yet there is something still within us which is out of the reach of the pirate, — Which conquering Greece could never force away.* * II. V. 484. voi I. 11 162 OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND.  THE BODY AND THE DEATH OF OUR FRIENDS AND CHILDREN WE OUGHT TO APPLY THAT OF EURIPIDES ALAS ALAS AND WELL A DAY BUT WHY ALAS AND WELL AWAY NAUGHT ELSE TO US HATH YET BEEN DEALT BUT THAT WHICH DAILY MEN HAVE FELT THERE IS NO REASONING MORE EFFECTUAL TO RESTRAIN OUR PASSIONS AND HINDER OUR MINDS FROM FALLING INTO DESPAIR THAN THAT WHICH SETS BEFORE US A PHYSICAL NECESSITY AND THE COMMON LOT OF NATURE AND IT IS OUR BODIES ONLY THAT LIE EXPOSED TO THIS DESTINY AND WHICH WE OFFER AS IT WERE AS A HANDLE TO FORTUNE BUT THE FORT ROYAL IS STILL SECURE WHERE OUR STRENGTH LIES AND OUR MOST PRECIOUS THINGS ARE TREASURED UP WHEN DEMETRIUS TOOK MEGARA HE ASKED STILPO WHETHER HE HAD SUFFERED PARTICULAR DAMAGE IN THE PLUNDERING TO WHICH HE MADE THIS ANSWER THAT HE SAW NOBODY THAT COULD ROB HIM SO WHEN FATE HATH MADE ALL THE DEPREDATIONS UPON US IT POSSIBLY CAN AND HATH LEFT US NAKED YET THERE IS NOTHING STILL WITHIN US WHICH IS OUT OF REACH OF THE PIRATE WHICH CONQUERING GREECE COULD NEVER FORCE AWAY 
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