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Ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim
Credebat libris.--HOR. Sat., II. i. 30.
Nothing is more dangerous than a mass of discontent which does not
know what remedy is to be sought. All sorts of cures will be tried,
many of them mere quackery, and their failure will make matters
worse.
Whatever may be the meaning of the process of the world, however
disheartening some steps in its evolution may be, they are
necessary, and without them, perhaps, some evil could not thoroughly
have been worked out.
People often manifest a diseased desire to express their will. A
theory is adopted, not because the facts force it upon them, but
because its adoption shows their power. The larger, the freer the
nature, the less there is of this action of the will, the more the
mind is led.
A mere dream, a vague hope may be more potent than certainty in a
lesser matter. The faintest vision of God is more determinative of
life than a gross earthly certainty.
The more nearly the performer on a musical instrument approaches
perfection, the larger is that part of his execution which is
unconscious.
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