You cannot admire will in general, because the essence of will is that it is particular. A brilliant anarchist like Mr. John Davidson felt an irritation against ordinary morality, and therefore he invokes will— will to anything. He only wants humanity to want something. But humanity does want something. It wants ordinary morality. He rebels against the law and tells us to will something or anything. But we have willed something. We have willed the law against which he rebels.
Chesterton, G. K.. The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books] (Kindle Locations 43947-43952). Catholic Way Publishing. Kindle Edition.
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