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soil, as rich or poor, to the unequal nourishment
afforded by the rains and dews, and to the different
ways in which man has performed his business in
reference to it. Thus all things which are the same in
kind are like to one another; —why should we doubt
in regard to man, as if he were a solitary exception
to this? The sage and we are the same in kind. In
accordance with this the scholar Long said, ‘If a
man make hempen sandals without knowing the size
of people’s feet, yet I know that he will not make
them like baskets.’ Sandals are all like one another,
because all men’s feet are like one another. So with
the mouth and flavours; —all mouths have the same
relishes. Yiya only apprehended before me what my
mouth relishes. Suppose that his mouth in its relish
for flavours differed from that of other men, as is the
case with dogs or horses which are not the same in
kind with us, why should all men be found following
Yiya in their relishes? In the matter of tastes all

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