詹姆斯·艾伦/JamesAllen
Mendonotattractthatwhichtheywant, , fanciesandambitionsarethwartedateverystep, buttheirinmostthoughtsanddesiresarefedwiththeirownfood, “divinitythatshapesourends”isinourselves; : thoughtandactionarethegaolersoffate—theyimprison, beingbase; theyarealsotheangelsoffreedom—theyliberate, , .
Inthelightofthistruth, what, then, isthemeaningof “fightingagainstcircumstances?”Itmeansthatamaniscontinuallyrevoltingagainstaneffectwithout, ; butwhateveritis, itstubbornlyretardstheeffortsofitspossessor, andthuscallsaloudforremedy.
Menareanxioustoimprovetheircircumstances, butareunwillingtoimprovethemselves; ; andhowmuchmoresohewhowouldrealizeastrongandwell-poisedlife?
, yetallthetimeheshirkshiswork, , andisnotonlytotallyunfittedtoriseoutofhiswretchedness, butisactuallyattractingtohimselfastilldeeperwretchednessbydwellingin, andactingout, indolent, deceptive, andunmanlythoughts.
, , becausehehasnotyetlearnedthefirstprinciplesofahealthylife.
Hereisanemployeroflaborwhoadoptscrookedmeasurestoavoidpayingtheregulationwage, and, inthehopeofmakinglargerprofits, , bothasregardsreputationandriches, heblamescircumstances, notknowingthatheisthesoleauthorofhiscondition.
Ihaveintroducedthesethreecasesmerelyasillustrativeofthetruththatmanisthecauser（thoughnearlyalwaysisunconsciously） ofhiscircumstances.
