----Inconsistent soul that man is! ----languishing under wounds, which he has the power to heal! --his whole life a contradiction to his knowledge! --his reason, that precious gift of God to him--(instead of pouring in oil) serving but to sharpen his sensibilities--to multiply his pains, and render him more melancholy and uneasy under them --Poor unhappy creature, that he should do so! ----Are not the necessary causes of misery in this life enow, but he must add voluntary ones to his stock of sorrow; --struggle against evils which cannot be avoided, and submit to others, which a tenth part of the trouble they create him would remove from his heart for ever?

Inconsistent soul that man is! languishing under wounds which he has the power to heal! - his whole life a contradiction to his knowledge! Poor unhappy creature! Are there not enough causes of misery in this life? Yet he adds more; he struggles against evils which cannot be avoided, and submits to others, which a tiny effort would remove.
