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CHAPTER III.

The Master said ; " Artful speech and an ingratiating demeanour rarely accompany Virtue."

CHAPTER IV.

The philosopher Tseng said : " I daily examine myself on three points,-In planning for others have I failed in conscientiousness ? In intercourse with friends have I been insincere ? And have I failed to practise what I have been taught ? "

CHAPTER V.

The Master said ; " To conduct the government of a State of a thousand chariots there must be religious