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unfathomable. In bestowing, it sanctifies benevolence; in speaking, it sanctifies trustworthiness; in administration, it sanctifies government; in the fulfilment of daily work, it sanctifies ability; in the adoption of public measures it sanctifies acting seasonably. It alone never strives against anyone; and therefore it gives rise to no resentful feelings.9
It is better to desist altogether, than, having once grasped , to pride oneself on one's self-sufficiency. Research, if carried on to too keen a point, prevents the preservation of the body . When a hall is filled up with gold and jewels, it cannot be guarded intact. When wealth and honours are combined with arrogance, they themselves invoke calamity. To keep oneself in the background when merit has been achieved and fame has followed in its wake; this is the way of Heaven.
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Having received, in the birth-process, a living soul, one is able, by preserving its
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