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國有寶，有器，有用。城郭、險阻、蓄藏，寶也。聖智，器也。珠玉，末用也。先王重其寶器而輕其用，故能爲天下。生而不死者二，立而不立者四。喜也者，怒也者，惡也者，欲也者，天下之敗也，而賢者寶之。爲善者，非善也，故善無以爲也，故先王貴善。王主積于民，霸主積于將戰士，衰主積于貴人，亡主積于婦女珠玉，故先王慎其所積。疾之疾之，萬物之師也。爲之爲之，萬物之時也。强之强之，萬物之脂也。

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第12篇樞言·第2则

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問《律呂新書》。 先生曰：「學者當務為急，算得此數熟亦恐未有用，必須心中先具禮、樂之本，方可。且如其書說多用管以候氣，然至冬至那一刻時，管灰之飛或有先後，須臾之間，焉知那管正值冬至之刻？須自心中先曉得冬至之刻始得。此便有不通處。學者須先從禮、樂本原上用功。」

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卷上·第61条

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大夫曰：「諸侯以國為家，其憂在內。天子以八極為境，其慮在外。故宇小者用菲，功巨者用大。是以縣官開園池，總山海，致利以助貢賦，修溝渠，立諸農，廣田牧，盛苑囿。太僕、水衡、少府、大農，歲課諸入田牧之利，池籞之假，及北邊置任田官，以贍諸用，而猶未足。今欲罷之，絕其源，杜其流，上下俱殫，困乏之應也，雖好省事節用，如之何其可也？」

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卷3·園池第十三·第1则

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希顏曰：『先生謂格物、致知是誠意功夫，極好。』九川曰：『如何是誠意功夫？』希顏令再思體看，九川終不悟，請問。」 先生曰：「惜哉！此可一言而悟。惟濬所舉顏子事便是了。只要知身、心、意、知、物是一件。」 九川疑曰：「物在外，如何與身、心、意、知是一件？」 先生曰：「耳、目、口、鼻、四肢，身也；非心安能視、聽、言、動？心欲視、聽、言、動，無耳、目、口、鼻、四肢，亦不能。故無心則無身，無身則無心。但指其充塞處言之，謂之身；指其主宰處言之，謂之心；指心之發動處，謂之意；指意之靈明處，謂之知；指意之涉著處，謂之物；只是一件。意未有懸空的，必著事物。故欲誠意，則隨意所在某事而格之，去其人欲而歸於天理，則良知之在此事者，無蔽而得致矣。此便是誠意的功夫。」九川乃釋然破數年之疑。 又問：「甘泉近亦信用《大學》古本，謂『格物』猶言『造道』；又謂窮如窮其巢穴之窮，以身至之也，故格物亦只是『隨處體認天理』。似與先生之說漸同。

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卷下·第201条

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To-day Oil Creek is a town of many thousand inhabitants, as is also Titusville at the other end of the creek. The district which began by furnishing a few barrels of oil every season, gathered with blankets from the surface of the creek by the Seneca Indians, has now several towns and refineries, with millions of dollars of capital. In those early days all the arrangements were of the crudest character. When the oil was obtained it was run into flat-bottomed boats which leaked badly. Water ran into the boats and the oil overflowed into the river. The creek was dammed at various places, and upon a stipulated day and hour the dams were opened and upon the flood the oil boats floated to the Allegheny River, and thence to Pittsburgh.

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Chapter X, excerpt 70

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