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in hewing an ax-handle, the pattern is not far off.’
We grasp one ax-handle to hew the other; and yet,
if we look askance from the one to the other, we
may consider them as apart. Therefore, the superior
man governs men, according to their nature, with
what is proper to them, and as soon as they change
what is wrong, he stops. When one cultivates to the
utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises
them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far
from the path. What you do not like when done
to yourself, do not do to others. In the way of the
superior man there are four things, to not one of
which have I as yet attained. — To serve my father,
as I would require my son to serve me: to this I have
not attained; to serve my prince, as I would require
my minister to serve me: to this I have not attained;
to serve my elder brother, as I would require my
younger brother to serve me: to this I have not
attained; to set the example in behaving to a friend,

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