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put_v we_o out_o of_o conceit_n with_o it_o like_a in_o this_o to_o traveller_n who_o find_v themselves_o in_o a_o forest_n ought_v not_o to_o wander_v this_o way_n or_o that_o way_n but_o go_v as_o direct_o as_o they_o can_v in_o the_o same_o path_n and_o not_o to_o change_v it_o for_o idle_a reason_n for_o at_o last_o they_o must_v come_v to_o some_o end_n wherein_o all_o probability_n they_o will_v be_v better_o than_o in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o wood._n 3._o to_o deliver_v themselves_o from_o all_o those_o disquiet_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o move_v those_o feeble_a and_o stagger_a spirit_n which_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v turn_v inconstant_o by_o all_o sort_n of_o example_n for_o these_o agitation_n and_o these_o unprofitable_a and_o confuse_a reflection_n amuse_v the_o mind_n and_o take_v away_o from_o it_o all_o the_o force_n it_o shall_v have_v 4._o of_o all_o the_o kind_n of_o morality_n we_o ought_v rather_o to_o make_v use_n of_o that_o which_o teach_v we_o to_o vanquish_v ourselves_o than_o that_o which_o have_v no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o triumph_v over_o fortune_n and_o to_o change_v our_o desire_n without_o pretend_v to_o change_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o world_n i_o believe_v this_o be_v the_o secret_a of_o thosej_fw-la philosopher_n who_o inspite_o of_o the_o incommodity_n of_o life_n be_v able_a to_o dispute_v happiness_n with_o their_o god_n but_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o experience_n this_o secret_a unless_o one_o be_v thorough_o persuade_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o true_o in_o our_o power_n but_o our_o thought_n and_o our_o desire_n with_o these_o few_o maxim_n one_o may_v observe_v a_o regular_a conduct_n till_o one_o have_v form_v another_o from_o long_a experience_n