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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v a_o prudent_a man_n in_o plutarch_n you_o know_v not_o how_o to_o suffer_v wrong_a but_o i_o do_v now_o the_o speedy_a and_o most_o successful_a way_n to_o learn_v with_o quietness_n to_o pass_v by_o wrong_n be_v to_o neglect_v contempt_n which_o give_v they_o their_o edge_n but_o because_o the_o great_a master_n of_o ethic_n will_v have_v it_o so_o we_o must_v learn_v how_o to_o be_v angry_a by_o weight_n and_o measure_n sometime_o more_o sometime_o less_o according_a as_o our_o occasion_n call_v saint_n augustine_n have_v a_o conceit_n that_o if_o adam_n have_v not_o fall_v his_o passion_n of_o lust_n will_v have_v be_v so_o absolute_o under_o his_o command_n that_o he_o may_v have_v raise_v or_o allay_v it_o at_o his_o will_n some_o such_o conceit_n
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