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           Ifsomeoneaskedyouhowtowriteyourname,wouldyouclenchyourteethandspitoutthelettersonebyone?Ifhelosthistemper,wouldyouloseyoursaswell?Orwouldyoujustspellouttheindividualletters?

           Remember—yourresponsibilitiescanbebrokendownintoindividualpartsaswell.Concentrateonthose,andfinishthejobmethodically—withoutgettingstirredupormeetingangerwithanger.

           27.Howcruel—toforbidpeopletowantwhattheythinkisgoodforthem.Andyetthat’sjustwhatyouwon’tletthemdowhenyougetangryattheirmisbehavior.They’redrawntowardwhattheythinkisgoodforthem.

           —Butit’snotgoodforthem.

           Thenshowthemthat.Proveittothem.Insteadoflosingyourtemper.

           28.Death.Theendofsense-perception,ofbeingcontrolledbyouremotions,ofmentalactivity,ofenslavementtoourbodies.

           29.Disgraceful:forthesoultogiveupwhenthebodyisstillgoingstrong.

           30.Toescapeimperialization—thatindeliblestain.Ithappens.Makesureyouremainstraightforward,upright,reverent,serious,unadorned,anallyofjustice,pious,kind,affectionate,anddoingyourdutywithawill.Fighttobethepersonphilosophytriedtomakeyou.

           Reverethegods;watchoverhumanbeings.Ourlivesareshort.Theonlyrewardsofourexistencehereareanunstainedcharacterandunselfishacts.

           TakeAntoninusasyourmodel,always.