"[A] sultry calm fails not to produce a storm, which dissipates the noxious vapours, and restores a purer air; the fiercest tempest, exhausted by its own violence, at length subsides; and an intense sun-shine, whilst it parches up the thirsty earth, exhales clouds, which quickly water it with refreshing showers. Just so in the moral world, all our passions and vices, by their excesses, defeat themselves."
Disquisitions on Several Subjects
Text from Soame Jenyns, <u>Disquisitions on Several Subjects</u> (London: Charles Baldwyn, 1822). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=HNgNAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;