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Show tlJuj SELF-CONTROL AND PROGRESS, Hj I A Vital Truths as 6et Forward by An- It j dent Philosopher. r i ) f B i I ' I Whore then Is progress? If any of , ' i you, withdrawing hlnisolf from cxter- I uals, ttirus to his own will to excrclso H ' I it nnd to Improve it by lnbor, bo an to l make It conformable to nature, elovat- H I ed, free,- unrestrained, unimpeded, i faithful,' modest; and If he has learned B that ho who desires or avoids the things which aro not In his powor van ( neither be faithful nor free, but of HH necessity ho must chango with thorn Bl Qd bo toasod about with them as in B ' a tempest, and of necessity must sub- lH i lct himself to others who have tho Hj ' powor to procure or provent what ho D 1 doslros or would avoid; finally, when B ' be rises In tho morning, If ho observes BBH and keeps theso rules, bathes as a JVB I man of fldollty, eats as a modest man; SmvJI in llko manner, It in evory matter that BflH occurs ho works out his chief prlnci- BBflj I pies as tho runner doec with refer- JBH 1 once to running, and the trainer of the VH ' volco with roforence to the voice H this is tho man who truly makes prog- HjH I ress. Eplctetus. |