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511. Behold the man that seeth the good and seeth the evil also and chooseth only that which is good : employ thou him in thy service.

512. Behold the man that is able to develop the resources of thy kingdom and to cure the ills that may befall it : set him to manage thy affairs.

513. Let him alone be selected for service who is endowed with kindness and intelligence and decision, and who is free from greed.

514. Many are the men that satisfy every test and yet alter in the actual performance of duty.

515. Work should be entrusted to men in consideration of their expert knowledge and capacity for patient exertion, and not of their love towards thy person. Rh