Self-control and how to secure it = (L'éducation de soi-même) / by Paul Dubois ; Authorized translation by Harry Hutcheson Boyd.

  • Paul Charles Dubois
Date:
1909
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Credit: Self-control and how to secure it = (L'éducation de soi-même) / by Paul Dubois ; Authorized translation by Harry Hutcheson Boyd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    I understand that, in view of this marvel- lous universe, we seek a cause, we admit an Author of everything, let us bow down to Him and before the ideal of virtue that He exacts from His creatures. From that to rendering Him worship is only a step, although this need of manifestation appears to me a fetich. The more man is able to live a life of the spirit, the more he is raised to the pure idea and feels himself guided by it without hav- ing need of outward demonstrations. En- lightened patriotism has no need of a material flag, of noisy popular demonstrations; it is at the bottom of the soul, ready to let loose every energy. Crowds, which think less, re- main more subject to suggestion; we make them march by music and the drum; they yield to the sway of the tribune. The incon- venience is not serious when the direction is good; but this mental passivity can also mis- lead. It is evident that a religion of spirit, indu- cing a continual effort to live well, has im- mense force, and we would like to see more real effects among individuals who call them- selves religious. It is impossible to bring |_332]