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"Which you most providentially escaped," his Excellency put in. Grafton bit his lip. "Necessity makes us all careful, sir," said he. "Necessity does more than that, Mr. Carvel," returned the Governor, who was something of a wit; "necessity often makes us fools, if we be not careful. But give me ever a wanton fool rather than him of necessity's handiwork.
He ate, nevertheless, by himself, on account of the necessities of the body; and often, too, with the brethren, being bashful with regard to them, but plucking up heart for the sake of saying something that might be useful; and used to tell them that they ought to give all their leisure rather to the soul than to the body; and that they should grant a very little time to the body, for mere necessity's sake: but that their whole leisure should be rather given to the soul, and should seek her profit, that she may not be drawn down by the pleasures of the body, but rather the body be led captive by her.
While the ether goes surging 'neath thunder and scourging Of wild winds unbound! Let the blast of the firmament whirl from its place The earth rooted below And the brine of the ocean, in rapid emotion, Be it driven in the face Of the stars up in heaven, as they walk to and fro! Let him hurl me anon into Tartarus on To the blackest degree, With necessity's vortices strangling me down!
"How about Maga Jhaere's way, when she and Will and the Vanderman meet?" he said at last, smiling grimly. All that is cynical; all that refuses Trust in an altruist aim; Every specious plea that excuses Greed in necessity's name; Studied indifference; scorn that amuses; Cleverness, shifting the blame; Selfishness, pitying trust it abuses Treason and these are the same.
We were marshalled, and one of us, Mr. C , who was a civil engineer, was selected as leader. We were marched off and set to work to dig a drain for the camp. We built that drain, but it was necessity's labour lost. We were not provided with proper drain pipes but made an open conduit.
When o'er the bright shining disk the clouds of affliction are fleeting, Fairer the image appears, seen through the vapor of gold. Man may think himself free! thou art so, for thou never knowest What is the meaning of choice, know'st not necessity's name. That which thou givest, thou always givest wholly; but one art thou ever, Even thy tenderest sound is thine harmonious self.
Should this man chance to acquire a fortune, he soon changes his habits. No longer under "strong necessity's supreme command," he contrives to get out of bed betwixt nine and ten in the morning. His servant helps him to dress, he walks on a soft carpet to his breakfast-table, his wife pours out his tea, and his servant hands him his toast.
It lies not in our power to oppose this destiny; for it hath passed through the hands and spindles of the Fatal Sisters, necessity's inexorable daughters.
Full many a story Poets have sung in its praise, simply and touchingly sung Of the time when the holy still wandered over life's pathways, When with a maidenly shame every sensation was veiled, When the mighty law that governs the sun in his orbit, And that, concealed in the bud, teaches the point how to move, When necessity's silent law, the steadfast, the changeless, Stirred up billows more free, e'en in the bosom of man, When the sense, unerring, and true as the hand of the dial, Pointed only to truth, only to what was eternal?
"I wonder if any one will have to go hungry on our account?" said Joe. "I hope not, but I can't help it," returned Mr. Bickford. "Necessity's the fust law of nature, Joe. I feel twice as strong as I did twenty minutes ago." "There's nothing like a full stomach, Joshua. I wonder to whom we are indebted for this repast?" Joe was not long in having his query answered.
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