and strictly a creature of circumstances. If we catch the small-pox
nothing is surer than that we will have it in spite of our pride. If a
man is cast into a mold of events where he is bound to be taught nothing
but selfishness, and to see nothing but the selfishness of others, the
wonder is that he will assume, in the matter of self-denial, those
relations, even for a day, which he so assiduously avoids for life.