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cloud_n which_o may_v darken_v this_o lustre_n but_o also_o reason_n or_o nature_n hence_o the_o proud_a boast_n of_o our_o vain_a philosophy_n neque_fw-la est_fw-la ullum_fw-la bonum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la id_fw-la habeat_fw-la honestè_fw-fr possit_fw-la gloriari_fw-la 1._o cicer._n padoâ—_n 1._o and_o yet_o high_a than_o this_o they_o boast_v of_o a_o soul_n that_o trust_v to_o his_o own_o good_a and_o ability_n animus_fw-la suis_fw-la bâ—nis_fw-la viribúsque_fw-la fidens_fw-la 5._o seneca_n cite_v by_o lipsius_n stoic_n phil._n l._n 1._o this_fw-mi 5._o and_o else_o where_o benumb_v mansurum-nullum_a est_fw-la nisiquod_fw-la animus_n ex_fw-la se_fw-la sibi_fw-la invenit_fw-la senec._n 27._o epist_n best_o improve_v nature_n seek_v after_o what_o good_a may_v be_v get_v hold_v on_o arise_v from_o its_o own_o soil_n and_o manure_v for_o the_o quiet_v and_o satisfy_v of_o its_o mind_n and_o willing_o hear_v no_o other_o language_n then_o that_o the_o stoic_n be_v wont_a to_o speak_v in_o that_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o he_o be_v that_o wise_a man_n for_o every_o natural_a man_n though_o vain_a will_v be_v account_v this_o wise_a man_n be_v to_o be_v repute_v 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o passion_n the_o soft_a name_n which_o they_o give_v to_o a_o sinful_a and_o inordinate_a principle_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o so_o the_o man_n must_v be_v think_v not_o diminutive_o bad_a but_o perfect_o good_a as_o senec_n 85._o epist_n and_o zeno._n referente_fw-la cicerone_n 1_o academic_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o so_o much_o elevate_v in_o his_o own_o opinion_n that_o he_o think_v himself_o infallible_a in_o judge_v 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d undesectible_a in_o act_v so_o
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