Man's mind, not birth, determines his degree;
No slave so mean but virtue sets him free.
What if his body's bound! His soul can rise
On wings of thought unfettered to the skies.
What if his body's bought! His soul is free;
No servitude can mar its liberty. (v)
** Vol. I, page 54.
*** Short Texts on Faith and Philosophies, Forlong.
**** Paganism and Christianity, Farrer, page 94.
v. Ibid, 96.
And how much purer the motives recommended in the following, compared with the fear of hell and the hope of heaven, so conspicuous in Christian hymns:
Nature made Virtue man's chief aim and goal
When she made Conscience mistress of his soul,