more
appropriate
to man
than this,
which
teaches
him his
double
capacity
of
receiving
and of
losing
grace,
because of
the double
peril to
which he
is
exposed,
of despair
or of
pride.
525. The
philosophers
did not
prescribe
feelings
suitable
to the two
states.
They
inspired
feelings
of pure
greatness,
and that
is not
man’s
state.
They
inspired
feelings
of pure
littleness,
and that
is not
man’s
state.
There must
