Volume Ii Part 63 (2/2)

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HOW WE MUST CONQUER.-We ought not to desire victory if we only have the prospect of overcoming our opponent by a hair's breadth. A good victory makes the vanquished rejoice, and must have about it something divine which spares _humiliation_.

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AN ILLUSION OF SUPERIOR MINDS.-Superior minds find it difficult to free themselves from an illusion; for they imagine that they excite envy among the mediocre and are looked upon as exceptions. As a matter of fact, however, they are looked upon as superfluous, as something that would not be missed if it did not exist.

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DEMANDED BY CLEANLINESS.-Changing opinions is in some natures as much demanded by cleanliness as changing clothes. In the case of other natures it is only demanded by vanity.

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ALSO WORTHY OF A HERO.-Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruits were ripe. Do you think that too small a thing?

Well, just look at the tree that he shook.

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A GAUGE FOR WISDOM.-The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.

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