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himself superior to others; because he will not be an 
individual limited by transitory things, but a force of 
Nature, 
as impersonal, 
impartial and eternal as 
gravitation, as patient and irresistible as the tides. His 
system will not be subject to panic, any more than th" 
law of Inverse Squares is disturbed by Elections. He will 
not be anxious about his affairs because they will not be 
his; and for that reason he will be able to direct them 
with the calm, clear-headed confidence of an onlooker, 
with intelligence unclouded by self-interest and power 
unimpaired by passion.) 
28. Every man has a right to fulfill his own will without 
being afraid that it may interfere with that of others; for if he 
is in his proper path, it is the fault of others if they interfere 
with him. 
(Illustration: If a man like Napoleon were actually 
appointed by destiny to control Europe, he should not 
be blamed for exercising his rights. To oppose him 
would be an error. Anyone so doing would have made a 
mistake as to his own destiny, except in so far as it 
might be necessary for him to learn the lessons of 
defeat. The sun moves in space without interference. 
The order of Nature provides an orbit for each star. A 
clash proves that one or the other has strayed from its 
course. But as to each man that keeps his true course, 
the more firmly he acts, the less likely are others to get 
in his way. His example will help them to find their own 
paths and pursue them. Every man that becomes a 
Magician helps others to do likewise. The more firmly 
and surely men move, and the more such action is 
accepted as the standard of morality, the less will 
conflict and confusion hamper humanity.) 
Well, here endeth the First Lesson. 
That seems to me to cover the ground fairly well; at least, 
that is what I have to say when serious analysis is on the 
agenda: