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When we … devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty ihen happiness comes of itself.

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When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty then happiness comes of itself.
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For even if we know very little that is certain about spirit or soul, the true nature of the body, of materiality, is totally unknown and incomprehensible to us.
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To judge a man means nothing other than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept should we have of humanity if he were its only representative?
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