I say that the normal state of man exacts the
perfectly balanced or harmonic operation of these
principles, because man's perfection as the crea-
ture of God requires that he act of himself, or freely



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and without any impediment ah extra. God the
creator is infinite or perfect, being sufficient unto
Himself. And He is sufficient unto Himself, only
because His action is self-generated, or obeys no
outward end. This being the case with the crea-
tor, and the creature being necessarily only His
image or reflection, it follows that the creature must
exhibit a like infinitude or perfection. It follows
that he also must be sufficient unto himself, or ex-
hibit a purely self-derived activity, an activity which
denies any outward motive or impulsion. And the
creature cannot exhibit this perfection, this self-
sufficiency, so long as either nature or society do-
minates him, so long as' either force exerts a com-
manding influence upon his activity. Whenever
this phenomenon occurs consequently, he manifests
a diseased or abnormal life, his action being per-
verted and inhuman.
