Thehumansoulistruetothesefactsinthepaintingoffable, ofhistory, oflaw, ofproverbs, ,[112] SupremeMind; buthavingtraditionallyascribedtohimmanybaseactions, theyinvoluntarilymadeamendstoreason, bytyingupthehands[113] .[114] Prometheus[115] knowsonesecretwhichJovemustbargainfor; Minerva,[116] ; Minervakeepsthekeyofthem.
“Ofallthegods, Ionlyknowthekeys
Thatopethesoliddoorswithinwhosevaults
Histhunderssleep.”
Aplainconfessionofthein-workingoftheAll, ; [117] forgottoaskyouthforherlover, andthoughTithonusisimmortal, heisold, Achilles[118] isnotquiteinvulnerable; ,[119] intheNiebelungen, isnotquiteimmortal, foraleaffellonhisbackwhilsthewasbathinginthedragon'sblood, , thereisalwaysthisvindictivecircumstancestealinginatunawares, evenintothewildpoesyinwhichthehumanfancyattemptedtomakeboldholiday, andtoshakeitselffreeoftheoldlaws,—thisback-stroke, thiskickofthegun, certifyingthatthelawisfatal; thatinnaturenothingcanbegiven, allthingsaresold.
ThisisthatancientdoctrineofNemesis,[120] whokeepswatchintheuniverse, ,[121] theysaid, areattendantsonjustice, andifthesuninheavenshouldtransgresshispath, , andironswords, andleathernthongshadanoccultsympathywiththewrongsoftheirowners; thatthebeltwhichAjaxgaveHector[122] draggedtheTrojanherooverthefieldatthewheelsofthecarofAchilles, , thatwhentheThasians[123] erectedastatuetoTheagenes, avictorinthegames, oneofhisrivalswenttoitbynight, andendeavoredtothrowitdownbyrepeatedblows, untilatlasthemoveditfromitspedestal, andwascrushedtodeathbeneathitsfall.