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 Now we sit close about this taper here
 And call in question our necessities.  
 Now we sit close about this taper here
 And call in question our necessities. 
Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity never made a good bargain
 He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
 [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]  
 He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
 [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.] 
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two read more
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.
 No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
 To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
  To read more 
 No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
 To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
  To be a comrade with the wolf and owl,
   Necessity's sharp pinch. 
 So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
 The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed.  
 So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
 The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed. 
 Stern is the visage of necessity.
 [Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.]  
 Stern is the visage of necessity.
 [Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.] 
 Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
 [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]  
 Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
 [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.] 
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.