Vivekananda Mailing List 1/8/03

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There is, however, one great danger in human nature, viz that man never

examines himself. He thinks he is quite as fit to be on the throne as

the king. Even if he is, he must first show that he has done the duty

of his own position; and then higher duties will come to him. When we

begin to work earnestly in the world, nature gives us blows right and

left and soon enables us to find out our position. No man can long

occupy satisfactorily a position for which he is not fit. There is no

use in grumbling against nature's adjustment. He who does the lower

work is not therefore a lower man. No man is to be judged by the mere

nature of his duties, but all should be judged by the manner and the

spirit in which they perform them.