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Chapter — Part IV
Latin
Nec fieri potest ut homo non sit naturæ pars et communem ejus ordinem non sequatur sed si inter talia individua versetur quæ cum ipsius hominis natura conveniunt, eo ipso hominis agendi potentia juvabitur et fovebitur. At si contra inter talia sit quæ cum ipsius natura minime conveniunt, vix absque magna ipsius mutatione iisdem sese accommodare poterit.
English (Elwes 1883)
It is impossible, that man should not be a part of nature, or that he should not follow her general order; but if he be thrown among individuals whose nature is in harmony with his own, his power of action will thereby be aided and fostered, whereas, if he be thrown among such as are but very little in harmony with his nature, he will hardly be able to accommodate himself to them without undergoing a great change himself.
Modern English
It is impossible for a man not to be a part of nature and not to follow its common order. Yet if he is placed among individuals whose nature agrees with his own, his power of acting is thereby aided and sustained. If, on the contrary, he is placed among individuals that agree very little with his nature, he will scarcely be able to accommodate himself to them without undergoing a great change.