OBEDIENCE THE PATH TO RELIGIOUS
THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
On Sunday, January 28, 1810.
Ὁ δὲ λόγος καὶ ἡ διδαχὴ μὴ ποτε οὐκ ἐν ἅπασιν ἰσχύῃ, ἀλλὰ δέῃ προδιειργάσθαι τοῖς ἔθεσι τὴν τοῦ ἀκροατοῦ ψυχὴν πρὸς τὸ καλῶς χαίρειν καὶ μισεῖν, ὥσπερ γῆν τὴν θρέψεσαν τὸ σπέρμα. Οἱ γὰρ ἂν ἀκώσειε λόγου ἀποτρέποντος, οὐδ ̓ ἂν συνείη ὁ κατὰ πάθος ζῶν.
Arist. Ethic. Nicom. lib. x. cap. 9.