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Paul "takes what may be called the high view of human nature i.e. what human nature is capable of when the proper motive and impulse is applied to it." He sees in Christian doctrine that strong force which is to break down "the vis inertiae of man, to set human nature going, to touch the spring of man's heart"; and he compares with St.
Without the porch, the moonlight full upon his harsh features and sturdy frame, stood the ill-omened Traveller. "Can he not be sociable?" Troilus and Cressida. "Subit quippe etiam ipsius inertiae dulcedo; et invisa primo desidia postremo amatur." Tacitus. "How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook than flourishing people towns." Winter's Tale.
That the sects are as narrow as they are numerous, is still largely true, and half the world is still ignorant of how the other half prays, though by a happy accident of birth all the world inherits the one true religion. The greatest force in the universe is the "vis inertiae," and the forces already at work must "dree their weird."
'And to Claude his opposite in everything, said Lilias. 'I think he will tire you to death in Germany, said Emily. 'Never fear, said Claude, 'my vis inertiae is enough to counterbalance any amount of restlessness. 'Here they come, said Lily; 'how Wat Greenwood is grinning at Rotherwood's jokes! 'A happy day for Wat, said Emily.
When we call this a vis inertiae, we only mark these facts, without pretending to have any idea of the inert power; in the same manner as, when we talk of gravity, we mean certain effects, without comprehending that active power.
We have a sensitiveness, that forbids us for a slight cause to expose ourselves to we know not what. We are unwilling to be disturbed. We have a mental vis inertiae, analogous to that quality in material substances, by means of which, being at rest, they resist being put into a state of motion.
Nay, King Otho's government has employed its vis inertiae in preventing the peasantry, even when so inclined, from forming roads at their own expense; for the peasantry of Greece are far more enlightened than the Bavarians.
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