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There is nothing that can fitly reconcile
men to the hardships of the common lot, to the suc-
-cession of ills flesh is heir to, even
in the better conditions of humanity,
much less in the exceptionally bad
conditions, but the hope, that, in
some way, all endurances of evil
are processes of stimulation, ed-
-ucation, and development, for
themselves, or their successors; in
this world, or some other. They
must become restless and dis-
-contented if their ills, and pains,
and cares, and sores, and sorrow,
are ends in themselves, and have