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01-fate-第9部分
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        Be so perfect as men find;
        That it wot what is to come;
        And that he warneth all and some
        Of every of their aventures;
        By previsions or figures;
        But that our flesh hath not might
        It to understand aright
        For it is warned too darkly。〃 
 
        Some people are made up of rhyme; coincidence; omen;
periodicity; and presage: they meet the person they seek; what their
companion prepares to say to them; they first say to him; and a
hundred signs apprise them of what is about to befall。
        Wonderful intricacy in the web; wonderful constancy in the
design this vagabond life admits。  We wonder how the fly finds its
mate; and yet year after year we find two men; two women; without
legal or carnal tie; spend a great part of their best time within a
few feet of each other。  And the moral is; that what we seek we shall
find; what we flee from flees from us; as Goethe said; 〃what we wish
for in youth; comes in heaps on us in old age;〃 too often cursed with
the granting of our prayer: and hence the high caution; that; since
we are sure of having what we wish; we beware to ask only for high
things。
        One key; one solution to the mysteries of human condition; one
solution to the old knots of fate; freedom; and foreknowledge;
exists; the propounding; namely; of the double consciousness。  A man
must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public
nature; as the equestrians in the circus throw themselves nimbly from
horse to horse; or plant one foot on the back of one; and the other
foot on the back of the other。  So when a man is the victim of his
fate; has sciatica in his loins; and cramp in his mind; a club…foot
and a club in his wit; a sour face; and a selfish temper; a strut in
his gait; and a conceit in his affection; or is ground to powder by
the vice of his race; he is to rally on his relation to the Universe;
which his ruin benefits。  Leaving the daemon who suffers; he is to
take sides with the Deity who secures universal benefit by his pain。
        To offset the drag of temperament and race; which pulls down;
learn this lesson; namely; that by the cunning copresence of two
elements; which is throughout nature; whatever lames or paralyzes
you; draws in with it the divinity; in some form; to repay。  A good
intention clothes itself with sudden power。  When a god wishes to
ride; any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet; and
serve him for a horse。
        Let us build altars to the Blessed Unity which holds nature and
souls in perfect solution; and compels every atom to serve an
universal end。  I do not wonder at a snow…flake; a shell; a summer
landscape; or the glory of the stars; but at the necessity of beauty
under which the universe lies; that all is and must be pictorial;
that the rainbow; and the curve of the horizon; and the arch of the
blue vault are only results from the organism of the eye。  There is
no need for foolish amateurs to fetch me to admire a garden of
flowers; or a sun…gilt cloud; or a waterfall; when I cannot look
without seeing splendor and grace。  How idle to choose a random
sparkle here or there; when the indwelling necessity plants the rose
of beauty on the brow of chaos; and discloses the central intention
of Nature to be harmony and joy。
        Let us build altars to the Beautiful Necessity。  If we thought
men were free in the sense; that; in a single exception one
fantastical will could prevail over the law of things; it were all
one as if a child's hand could pull down the sun。  If; in the least
particular; one could derange the order of nature;  who would
accept the gift of life?
        Let us build altars to the Beautiful Necessity; which secures
that all is made of one piece; that plaintiff and defendant; friend
and enemy; animal and planet; food and eater; are of one kind。  In
astronomy; is vast space; but no foreign system; in geology; vast
time; but the same laws as to…day。  Why should we be afraid of
Nature; which is no other than 〃philosophy and theology embodied〃?
Why should we fear to be crushed by savage elements; we who are made
up of the same elements?  Let us build to the Beautiful Necessity;
which makes man brave in believing that he cannot shun a danger that
is appointed; nor incur one that is not; to the Necessity which
rudely or softly educates him to the perception that there are no
contingencies; that Law rules throughout existence; a Law which is
not intelligent but intelligence;  not personal nor impersonal; 
it disdains words and passes understanding; it dissolves persons; it
vivifies nature; yet solicits the pure in heart to draw on all its
omnipotence。
 
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