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FATED TO BE FREE" 



which I call my disposition, impels me to act thus 

 and not otherwise, if my Irish blood, or my Dutch 

 blood, or my English blood, if my maternal or my 

 paternal grandfather, if my small brain or my large 

 brain, rule the destinies of my life, I am still free, 

 because these things and influences are my very self. 

 They are not something external which lays a guid- 

 ing and restraining hand upon me; they are the me. 

 Hence, with the utmost sense of freedom I go my 

 way in life. 



Gravity makes the stream flow, the lay of the 

 land determines its course, but if the water were 

 conscious, would it feel that it did not flow where it 

 had a mind to? It has a mind to flow where gravity 

 and the lay of the land permit it to flow. 



The joy of free choice is in us all because the forces 

 that choose for us are a part of our very selves. 



In choosing our way of life we are controlled by 

 many factors, but these are all vital in our char- 

 acters. In choosing our wives, we unconsciously 

 choose a woman who is mainly complementary to 

 us, and yet, she is the choice of the heart — the 

 heart chooses in obedience to this law of nature; 

 in choosing our bosom friends, we are in the same 

 way guided by influences we wot not of. In choosing 

 our walk in life, we are guided by our talent, our 

 attractions, and the like. The father chooses the 

 profession of his son through his blood. Our con- 

 stitutions play a part in all we do or think or 



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