“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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