These vehement elements, of air and water, demand to be wrestled
with and patiently mastered, by the vigorous soul, in order
that they may administer to our happiness. There is the wax.
In the soul is the seal, designed to impress it. There are the
materials, upon which and with which the spirit is to operate.
But no implements, even, are given it for its use. It must forge
them, as it wants them. They are not found ready fashioned
to the hand, as ornamental stones are, in the caverns and
rock-rifts. They must be conceived by our skill, and completed
by our labor. But the moment we begin, all is ready for our
progress.--RICHARD S. STORRS.
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