The chief business of the gods is to give protection and assistance to such of their people as require it; but... they cannot give any help until it is demanded, the free-will of mankind being the most jealously guarded and holy principle in life; therefore, the interference of the loving gods comes only on an equally loving summons.
-James Stephens
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