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attention to business and good faith, economy in expenditure and love of the people, and their employment on public works at the proper seasons."

CHAPTER VI.

The Master said: "When a youth is at home let him be filial, when abroad respectful to his elders; let him be circumspect and truthful, and while exhibiting a comprehensive love for all men, let him ally himself with the good. Having so acted, if he have energy to spare, let him employ it in polite studies."