If the inward power that rules us be true to Nature, it will always adjust itself readily to the possibilities and opportunities offered by circumstance.  It asks for no predeterminate material; in the pursuance of its aim it is willing to compromise; hindrances to its progress are merely converted into matter for its own use.  It is like a bonfire mastering a heap of rubbish, which would have quenched a feeble glow; but it's fiery blaze quickly assimilates the load, consumes it, and flames the higher for it.

• adaptation
• fate
• stoicism
• power
• nature
• will
• aim
• circumstance
• progress
• rules
• matter