He had found the fine straight line of which Peter had spoken, long ago, and he would hew to it, at whatever cost.
We are the kind that have to choose a fine, straight line and thenhew to it, keep our faith in it, never leave it.
The preacher said slowly, "'There is a Divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them as we will.
Un to Foot hew ick gahn müßt un binah in der Dracht un Wise eenes gemeenen Knechts, as ji mi hier seht.
Than Hew the Hay, that duelt wndyr trewage, Off Inglissmen son he gaiff our the wage; Mar for to pay as than he likyt nocht.
Speris full sone all in to splendrys sprang; With scharp suerdys thai hew on in that thrang: Blud byrstyt out throw fyn harnes off maill.
Gud Hew the Hay was send in to Ingland, And vthir ayris, to presoune at thar will.
His brothir Hew was kelyt thar full cald; The erle off Kent, that cruell berne and bald.
Farewell to thee, Norman; sharpen thy swords, hew out thy vessels, and goad thy slow barons.
I tell thee, that if all the priests in Christendom, and all the barons in France, stood between me and my bride, I would hew my way through the midst.
Though all his troops paved the way from his court to his coasts, I would hew my way through their ranks.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hew down her trees, cast up a trench about Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited, all oppression is in the midst of her.
And after this he said: Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the former, and I will write upon them the words, which were in the tables, which thou brokest.
At that time the Lord said to me: Hew thee two tables of stone like the former, and come up to me into the mount: and thou shalt make an ark of wood, 10:2.
