pupil set lessons for the master. That which is transcended cannot reach up to that which transcends. Evil can only teach in its own sphere, where it is regarded as a master; in the sphere of good it has no place, no authority.
The strong traveller on the highroad of truth knows no such thing as resignation to evil; he knows only obedience to good. He who submits to evil, saying, “Sin cannot be overcome, and evil must be borne,” thereby acknowledges that evil is his master; and not his master to instruct him, but to bind and oppress him. The lover of good cannot also be a lover of evil, nor can he, for one moment, admit its ascendency. He elevates and glorifies good, not evil. He loves light, not darkness. When a man makes truth his master, he abandons error; and as he transcends error, he becomes more like his master, until at last he becomes one with truth, teaching it, as a master, by his actions, and reflecting it in his life.
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