Every Human Being Is A

A Man May Quarrel With Himself Alone; That Is, By Controverting His Better Instincts And Knowledge When Brought Face To Face With Temptation.

The Hills Are Reared, The Seas Are Scooped In Vain If Learning's Altar Vanish From The Plain.

I Call That Mind Free Which Protects Itself Against The Usurpations Of Society, And Which Does Not Cower To Human Opinion: Which Refuses To Be The Slave Or Tool Of The Many Or Of The Few, And Guards Its Empire Over Itself As Nobler Than The Empire Of The World.

Do Anything Rather Than Give Yourself To Reverie.

The Sin That Now Rises To Memory As Your Bosom Sin, Let This First Of All Be Withstood And Mastered. Oppose It Instantly By A Detestation Of It, By A Firm Will To Conquer It, By Reflection, By Reason, And By Prayer.