powers, for you would not think it so hard if you were in your senses. If a man will not do the thing that is necessary to a certain end, how can he expect to gain that end? You have taken poison, and the physician brings an antidote, and says, “Take it quickly, or you will die; but if you take it quickly, I will guarantee that the poison will be neutralized.” But you say, “No, doctor, I do not believe in antidotes. Let everything take its course; let every tub stand on its own bottom; I will have