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has come to man responsibility for his own guidance. It 



is these powers of reasoning and imagination which tempt 

 him to indulgences which are destructive. It must be the 

 same powers of reasoning and imagination which will 

 reveal to him that he must be his own master and control 

 his instincts. By reason he must judge which of his 

 feelings are good and which are bad, and by his will power 

 he must control his acts. Otherwise he travels a path 

 which leads to destruction. 



It is surely true that instincts which have such 

 wonderful power for good or evil can be better controlled 

 and guided if we understand them than if we are 

 ignorant of their meaning. You have an instinct for 

 what is right as well as for what is wrong. Your happiness 

 and real success in life can be won only by standing 

 firmly by what you know to be right. 



