"Man’s life is a line that nature commands him to describe
upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able to
swerve from it, even for an instant. He is born without his
own consent; his organization does in nowise depend upon
himself; his ideas come to him involuntarily; his habits are in
the power of those who cause him to contract them; he is
regulate his mode of existence, give the hue to his way of
thinking, and determine his manner of acting. He is good or
bad, happy or miserable, wise or foolish, reasonable or
irrational, without his will being for any thing in these various
upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able to
swerve from it, even for an instant. He is born without his
own consent; his organization does in nowise depend upon
himself; his ideas come to him involuntarily; his habits are in
the power of those who cause him to contract them; he is
unceasingly modified by causes, whether visible or
concealed, over which he has no control, which necessarily
concealed, over which he has no control, which necessarily
regulate his mode of existence, give the hue to his way of
thinking, and determine his manner of acting. He is good or
bad, happy or miserable, wise or foolish, reasonable or
irrational, without his will being for any thing in these various
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