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           Butiftheruptureistoooftenrepeated,itmakestheseveredparthardtoreconnect,andtorestore.Youcanseethedifferencebetweenthebranchthat’sbeentheresincethebeginning,remainingonthetreeandgrowingwithit,andtheonethat’sbeencutoffandgraftedback.

           "Onetrunk,twominds."Asthegardenersputit.

           9.Asyoumoveforwardinthelogos,peoplewillstandinyourway.Theycan’tkeepyoufromdoingwhat’shealthy;don’tletthemstopyoufromputtingupwiththemeither.Takecareonbothcounts.Notjustsoundjudgments,solidactions—toleranceaswell,forthosewhotrytoobstructusorgiveustroubleinotherways.

           Becauseanger,too,isweakness,asmuchasbreakingdownandgivingupthestruggle.Botharedeserters:themanwhobreaksandruns,andtheonewholetshimselfbealienatedfromhisfellowhumans.

           10.Thenaturalcanneverbeinferiortotheartificial;artimitatesnature,notthereverse.Inwhichcase,thatmosthighlydevelopedandcomprehensivenature—Natureitself—cannotfallshortofartificeinitscraftsmanship.

           Now,alltheartsmovefromlowergoalstohigherones.Won’tNaturedothesame?

           Hencejustice.Whichisthesourceofalltheothervirtues.Forhowcouldwedowhatjusticerequiresifwearedistractedbythingsthatdon’tmatter,ifwearenaive,gullible,inconstant?

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