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perverse impulses. In this philosopher were two currents, one flowing toward evil – one toward good. It was
the latter which carried him on its breast.
There are, too, secret causes working upon us. Often intuition combats reason, and in an unforeseen
manner, sudden profound impulses determine our actions. This is not a negation of free will. It is the action of
the soul in its wisdom, intervening in the course of our destiny. Or it may, again, be the influence of our
invisible guides, or the intervention of an intelligence who looks from afar, and seeks to snatch us away from
inferior contingencies and lift us to higher altitudes. But in each case it is ever our own will which accepts or
rejects, and makes the final decision. To sum up – man is the artisan of his own liberation. He attains a state of
complete liberty only by interior culture and the use of his hidden powers. Obstacles accumulating on his route
are in the end but means of compelling him to put in action all his latent powers, until he conquers every
material difficulty. We are all united, and the liberty of each one leads toward the liberty of others, and in
freeing himself from ignorance and passion each man helps to free those of his own kind. Everything which
contributes toward dissipating night and letting in the light of intelligence renders humanity freer and more
conscious of its duties and powers. Then let us elevate ourselves to consciousness of our rôle and aim, and we
will be free. In place of being passive creatures, bent under the yoke of matter, a prey to inertia and incertitude,
let us free our souls form the chains of fatality and display to the world the superiority of our acquired
qualities.
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