by which He made our bodies, has He made
our souls; and therefore we can, and are bound to, glorify Him alike in
our bodies and our spirits, for both are His.

It may not seem easy to understand this; but I will explain what I mean
by an example. I just told you, that in earthly matters we must stoop to
conquer; we must obey the laws which God has given to anything, before we
can master and use that thing. And in matters about our own soul--about
our behaviour to God--about our behaviour to our fellow-men, believe me
there is no rule like the golden one of Lord Verulam's--stoop to
conquer--obey if you wish to rule. For see now. What is there more
common than this? It happens to each of us every day. We meet a fellow-
man our equal, neither better nor worse than ourselves, and we want to
make him do something. Now there are two ways in which we may set about
that. We may drive our man, or we may lead him. You know well enough
which of those two ways is likely to succeed best. If you try to drive
the man, you say to yourself, "I know I am right. I see the thing in
this light, and he is a fool if he does not see it in the same light. I
choose to have the thing done, and done it shall be, and if he is stupid
enough not to take my view of it, I will let him know who I am, and we
will see which of us is the stronger!" So says many a man in his heart.
But what comes of it? Nothing. For the other man gets angry, and
determines to have his way in his turn. There is a quarrel and a great
deal of noise; and most probably the thing is not done. Instead of the
man getting what he wants, he has a fresh quarrel on his hands, and
nothing more. So his blustering is no sign that he is really strong. For
the strong man is the man who _can_ get what he wants done. Is he not?
Surely we shall all agree to that. And the proud, hot, positive,
dictatorial, self-willed man is just the man, in a free country like
this, who does _not_ get what he wants done. He will not stoop--therefore
he will not conquer.

But suppose we take another plan. Suppose instead of trying to drive, we
try to lead. Suppose if we want a man to do anything, we begin by
obeying him, and serving him, that we may afterwards lead him, and
afterwards make use of him. There is a base, mean way of doing that, by
flattering, and fawning, and cringing, which are certainly the devil's
works. For the devil can put on the form of an angel of light; but we
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