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to choose yield us no argu-
ment! We are like God
when we choose, unlike Him
when the inferior nature
drives us, and we sink.
Temperament is Fate, if
we so will it - not otherwise
undeveloped and far
removed from the Creative
Power, yet one with it, we
feel our ships sinking, our
horizon contracting, and
cry out against Fate, and
a Tyrant in the skies. When

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