BOOK VI
All things come from that one source, from that ruling Reason of the Universe,[1] either under a primary impulse from it or by way of consequence. And therefore the gape of the lion's jaws[2] and poison and all noxious things, such as thorns and mire, are but after-results of the grand and the beautiful. Look not then on these as alien to that which thou dost reverence, but turn thy thoughts to the one source of all things.
37. He, who sees what now is, hath seen all that ever hath been from times everlasting, and that shall be to eternity[3]; for all things are of one lineage and one likeness.
38. Meditate often on the intimate union and mutual interdependence of all things in the Universe. For in a manner all things are mutually intertwined, and thus all things have a liking for one another. For these things are consequent one on another by reason of their contracting and expanding[4] motion, the sympathy[5] that breathes through them, and the unity of all substance.
39. Fit thyself to the environment that is thy portion,[6] and love the men among whom thy lot is thrown, but whole-heartedly.[7]
40. Every implement, tool, or vessel is well if it do the work for which it is made, and yet in their case the maker is not at hand. But in the things which owe their organic unity to Nature, the Power that made is within them and abides there. Wherefore also must thou reverence it the more, and
