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PART II WEALTH
 

CHAPTER 58

CONSIDERATENESS

571. Behold that ravishing Beauty called Considerateness: the world cannot go on smoothly without her.

572. In considerateness have the amenities of life their existence : those who possess it not are a burden unto the earth.

573. To what end is the song that cannot be sung ? and what is the worth of the eye that showeth not indulgence ?

574. What is the use of eyes that merely show in the face, if they show not consideration for others according to their measure ?

575. Indulgence is the ornament of the eye: the eye that hath it not will be looked upon as a mere sore.

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