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CHAPTER VI.

1. The Master said: "I have never seen one who loved Virtue, nor one who hated what was not Virtuous. He who loved Virtue would esteem nothing above it; and he who hated what is not Virtuous would himself be so Virtuous that he would allow nothing evil to adhere to him. 2. Is there any one able for a single day to devote his strength to Virtue? I have never seen such a one whose ability