CIRCUMSTANCE DOES NOT MAKE THE MAN; IT REVEALS HIM TO HIMSELF. NO SUCH CONDITIONS CAN EXIST AS DESCENDING INTO VICE AND ITS ATTENDANT SUFFERINGS APART FROM VICIOUS INCLINATIONS, OR ASCENDING INTO VIRTUE AND ITS PURE HAPPINESS WITHOUT THE CONTINUED CULTIVATION OF VIRTUOUS ASPIRATIONS; AND MAN, THEREFORE, AS THE LORD AND MASTER OF THOUGHT, IS THE MAKER OF HIMSELF THE SHAPER AND AUTHOR OF ENVIRONMENT.
