trainstothisorthat,orraldutyliesinaesanonyoftheuniverse
”hethatisunjustisalsoiiousforthenatureoftheuniverse,havingdeallreasonableoreorless,aeiiety,iylastbreath;butiterestaffeentifisupportedfaithbysuonythatjustiontsrepresentaprinustneedssuppose,eitherthattheobjeainsthedignityofahopelesscause”sedvictacatoni”buthonofpraise
”thatisbestforeveryone,nnatureofalldothsenduntoeveryone,andthenisitbest,isfneeerthatuntoreasonableayit”nooneuldberesensiblethaniofthepersuasivenessofthishighthethee,andlifeisillunednsunsetyonder”nsiderhoanslifeisbutforaveryntofti,andsodepartekandntented:evenasifaripeolivefallingshouldpraisethegroundthatbareher,andgivethankstothetreethatbegather”soontesitistheodofstrenuousendeavour,butalsotheodofrestbetterthanthean;betterthantheeplationofblisstoebut,bynoeffortattainableaninfluenceoftheunknohatfallethuponthesoullikedeevening
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ihavehadoneofsavageheadaberthatitcannotaffectthesoul,ind”letfleshberacked;i,theveryi,yself
anery,reason,everyfayintelleethingotherthanthendifso,ihavelostallnse,ndandsoulareone,and,asiaoofeelinglyrended,thatelentofbeingishere,oreofsueotives,itsfantasiestheveryi,itistooplain,nsistsbutyphysiindifoneuldusetheeabarrelorgan,grindinginendlessrepetitionabarortusic
ethusjustaseevenregrosslyintheiusethantheydoonurightinnerelysubtlefunyphysialnditionifiethingthatdisagreese,andofasuddenthepulsehaslostitsforenthaveentertained,isallpoeinshort,iknoyselfasidoabouttheetealessenaybeareautoton,everythoughtandaepoe
iditatingthus,insteadofenjoyingthelifeofthenaturaln,atpeayquietretuingisitanyritofhatibegintobeinhealthoncereuldi,byanyeffortofthehispitfall
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blayrysothingoflongagoihadsohoiddayhungerthebleseighthavedeaalbuthungerore,and,asithoughtofit,astrangefeelingofsurprise,asortofbeent,eeasanextraordinarythingatthatti,yselfalivenyadayihadsufferedhungerbee,andtothisdayicanrecallit,understandit
ithinkthereuldbenobetterillustrationofit
