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Lest I forget that the outcome of my actions is ultimately dependent on the world—for the complexities of this world to resolve themselves.

If I simply do my part—if I simply muster what vigor resides in my heart and in my mind to do what I know is right—there is no need to trouble the soul, to torment it excessively with the vacillations between hope and fear.

After all, what would I still do, if I knew I would fail?