THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
Power of the Will. It may be-asked, has man the'power to regulate his affections according to natural and moral rather than worldly and' selfish relations with his fellowmen? He has it in his power to direct his will, to desire, and his imagination to dwell upon those ends that conscience and laws of human kindness prefer to the world's applause and promises. He is free to put away with care those objects which harden the heart, quench high feelings, and concentrate attention on the world's favour and vain ambitions. He is free to break the bonds of those repulsive passions that render man inhuman and cruel, which stifle sensibility, and become the torment of hearts enslaved by tliem.—Jean Jacques Rousseau.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8313, 29 February 1912, Page 6
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124THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8313, 29 February 1912, Page 6
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