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Monday, April 6, 2009
Iron man
Any pressure cannot dominate man's will in the slightest degree.
All it can do is in some cases to make it easier or more difficult
for that will to act along certain lines.
In no case can a man be swept away by it into any course of action
without his own consent,though he chances to be making.
The really strong man has little need to trouble himself as to the
agencies which happen to be in the ascendant,but for men of weaker
will it may sometimes be worth while to know at what moment this
or that force can most advantageously be applied.
These factors may be put aside as a neglible quantity by the man of iron
determination ; but since most men still allow themselves to be the
helpest sport of the forces of desire,and have not yet developed
anything worth calling a will of their own,their feebleness permits
these influences to assume an importance in human life to which
they have intrinsically no claim.
The Force itself is simply a wave of activity sent forth from one
centre of Strong Will,person or community.
All it can do is in some cases to make it easier or more difficult
for that will to act along certain lines.
In no case can a man be swept away by it into any course of action
without his own consent,though he chances to be making.
The really strong man has little need to trouble himself as to the
agencies which happen to be in the ascendant,but for men of weaker
will it may sometimes be worth while to know at what moment this
or that force can most advantageously be applied.
These factors may be put aside as a neglible quantity by the man of iron
determination ; but since most men still allow themselves to be the
helpest sport of the forces of desire,and have not yet developed
anything worth calling a will of their own,their feebleness permits
these influences to assume an importance in human life to which
they have intrinsically no claim.
The Force itself is simply a wave of activity sent forth from one
centre of Strong Will,person or community.
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