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of thought; — he is the sage who naturally and
easily embodies the right way. He who attains to
sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly
holds it fast. To this attainment there are requisite
the extensive study of what is good, accurate
inquiry about it, careful reflection on it, the clear
discrimination of it, and the earnest practice of it.
The superior man, while there is anything he has
not studied, or while in what he has studied there is
anything he cannot understand, will not intermit his
labor. While there is anything he has not inquired
about, or anything in what he has inquired about
which he does not know, he will not intermit his
labor. While there is anything which he has not
reflected on, or anything in what he has reflected on
which he does not apprehend, he will not intermit
his labor. While there is anything which he has
not discriminated or his discrimination is not clear,
he will not intermit his labor. If there be anything

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