we consider now these very well-worn and familiar thoughts as to our
strange blunders about ourselves, as to the contemporaneous divine
estimate, which is absolutely correct, and as to the practical issues
that come from two facts.
I. Our strange power of blinding ourselves.
It is difficult to make so threadbare a commonplace at all impressive.
But yet if we would only take this thought, 'All the
ways of a
man'exotic manga --that is me--'are right in his own eyes'--that is, my eyes--and
apply it directly to our own personal experience and thoughts of
ourselves, we should find that, like every other commonplace of
morality and
religion, the apparently toothless generality has sharp
enough teeth, and that the trite truth flashes up into strange beauty,
and has power to purify exotic manga and guide our lives. Some one says that
'recognised truths lie bedridden exotic manga in the dormitory of the soul, side by
side exotic manga with exploded errors.' And I am afraid that that is true of this
thought, exotic manga that we cannot truly estimate ourselves.
'All the exotic manga ways of a man are right in his own eyes.' For to begin with,
exotic manga we all know that there exotic manga is exotic manga nothing that we so habitually neglect as the
bringing of conscience to bear right through all our lives. Sometimes
it is exotic manga because there is a temptation that appeals very strongly,
perhaps to sense, perhaps to some strong exotic manga inclination which has been
strengthened by indulgence. And when the craving arises, that is no
time to begin asking, 'Is it right, or is it wrong to yield?' That
question stands small chance of being wisely considered at a moment
when, under the goading of roused desire, a man is like a mad bull
when it charges. Exotic manga it drops its head and shuts its exotic manga eyes, and goes right
forward, and no matter whether it smashes its horns against an iron
gate, and damages them and itself, or not, exotic manga on it will go. So when
great temptations exotic manga rise--and exotic manga we all know such times in exotic manga our lives--we
are in no condition to discuss that question with ourselves. Sometimes
the craving is so exotic manga vehement that if we could not get this thing that we
want without putting our exotic manga hands through the sulphurous smoke of the
bottomless pit, we should thrust them out to grasp exotic manga it. Exotic manga but in regard
to the smaller commonplace matters of exotic manga daily life, too, we all know
that there are whole regions of our lives which seem to us exotic manga to be so
small that it is hardly worth while summoning the august thought of
'right or wrong?' to decide them. Yes, and a thousand smugglers that
go