Post hence thyself, thou counterchecking trull; I will possess this habit, spite of thee, And gain the glory of thy wished port.

The natural result when the masculine element has not counterchecks is bullying and coarseness.

The very collision of interests, the rivalries of trade, the thousand-and-one social relations, all neutralize each other, are checks and counterchecks, which, like the particles in a vessel of water, always tend toward the level of an equilibrium.