Let a man give the rein to his impulse and passions and from that moment yields up his moral freedom. He is carried along the current of life and becomes the slave of his strongest desires for the time being. To be morally free-to be more than an animal-man must be able to resist his instinctive impulse, and this can only be done by the exercise of self-control. This is the power which constitute other real distinction between physical and moral life, and form the primary basis of the individual character. In the Bible, praise is given not to the strong man who “taketh a city” but to the stronger man who “ruled his won spirit”. The stronger man is he, who by discipline, exercises a constant control over his thoughts, his speech and he acts. Nine-tenth of vicious desires that degrade society, and when indulged swell into the crime that disgrace it would shrink into insignificance before the advance of valiant self-discipline, self-respect and self-control. By the watchful exercise of these virtues, the purity of heart and mind becomes habitual and the character is built up in chastity, virtue and temperance.
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