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considerate treatment of the whole body of officers,
they are led to make the most grateful return for his
courtesies. By dealing with the mass of the people
as his children, they are led to exhort one another
to what is good. By encouraging the resort of all
classes of artisans, his resources for expenditure
are rendered ample. By indulgent treatment of men
from a distance, they are brought to resort to him
from all quarters. And by kindly cherishing the
princes of the states, the whole kingdom is brought
to revere him. Self-adjustment and purification, with
careful regulation of his dress, and the not making
a movement contrary to the rules of propriety:—
this is the way for a ruler to cultivate his person.
Discarding slanderers, and keeping himself from
the seductions of beauty; making light of riches, and
giving honor to virtue: —this is the way for him to
encourage men of worth and talents. Giving them
places of honor and large emolument. and sharing

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