Of
all the tasks which are set before man in life, the education and
management of his character is the most important, and, in order that it
should be successfully pursued, it is necessary that he should make a
calm and careful survey of his own tendencies, unblinded either by the
self-deception which conceals errors and magnifies excellences, or by
the indiscriminate pessimism which refuses to recognize his powers for
good. He must avoid the fatalism which would persuade him that he has no
power over his nature, and he must also clearly recognize that this
power is not unlimited.
-- William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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