The Education of the Will the Theory And Practice of Self Culture
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With the exception of the in- stinctive feelings of anger and fear, which can find external expression by themselves, the majority require the cooperation of the intelligence. They cause a certain feeling of restlessness and discomfort in the mind, but it is the intelligence which gives the true sig- nificance to this feeling of discomfort. It de- volves upon the mind to find out ways to sat- isfy desire. If we were caught in a terrible hurricane on Mont Blanc, suffering with cold, and in terro...r of a horrible death, it would be our intelligence that would suggest i Stuart Mill, ' ' Utilitarianism, ' ' Ch. III. Trans. Le Mon- nier. F. Alcan. [115] THE EDUCATION OF THE WILL to us to hollow out a little cave in the snow- bank where we might wait until the danger was over. If, like Eobinson Crusoe, we were cast on a desert island, of what use to us would be the longings excited by our misfor- tune, if our intelligence did not set to work to find some means to satisfy them? If I am in poverty, and wish to escape from it, again it is my intelligence that will point out to me a distinct and definite line of action.
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