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the right thing to do? I can do nothing for such a man.
Couv. Je n'al rien _ loire pour celui qui ne demande pas,
Comment ferai-je ceci ? cela ?
CHAPTEk XVI.--A PETTY LIFE TO LIVE.--:_
etc. Herding together the whole day, with talk in which
right has no part, but pleasure is found in deeds of trifling
cleverness etc. C. :]_ _ _]_ _, self-interested wisdom.
_" )l_ _ _ 1I!] )'_ _. _1_ _ ;_ _. _. When
moral obligation does not enter into conversation then talk
becomes loose, and a demoralizing spirit is produced, ]ff
_A,_II_ _-_ _ ._, To those who
love to act with petty adroitness, the favourable opportunity
for risky deeds soon ripens. _ _ _ _-_ _ _; _ J_
,_ _ _j J_ _ ,_, -_ 4!g. 'How bard' means they
have no way of becoming virtuous and will fall into trouble.
L. When a number of people are together for a whole
day, without their conversation turning on rigtsteousness,
and when they are fond of carrying out the suggestions of
a small shrewdness etc. Z. turmatim convenientes tota
die, si verba non attingant aequitatem, sed ament producere
privatam prudentiam etc. K. When a body of men sit
together etc. conversation to some principle or truth, but
only amuse themselves with small wit and smart sayings, it
is a bad case. Couv. se r_unissent en troupe etc qui ne
disent rien de bon, et veulent suivre les lumi&res trompeuses
de leur propre prudence etc.
CHAPTER XVII.--NOBILITY SHEWN BY" RE-
CTITUDE._Or, when a princely man makes the Right
his fundamental principle, haakes Courtesy his rule in
evolving it, Modesty his rule for exhibiting it, and Sinceri-
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