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It was about this time I conceiv'd the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.

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Part Two, the Art of Virtue, paragraph beginning “It was about this time...”

問：「『不睹不聞』是說本體，『戒慎恐懼』是說功夫否？」 先生曰：「此處須信得本體原是『不睹不聞』的，亦原是『戒慎恐懼』的。『戒慎恐懼』不曾在『不睹不聞』上加得些子。見得真時，便謂：『戒慎恐懼是本體，不睹不聞是功夫』，亦得。」

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未有上好仁而下不好義者也，未有好義其事不終者也，未有府庫財非其財者也。孟獻子曰：「畜馬乘，不察於雞豚；伐冰之家，不畜牛羊；百乘之家，不畜聚斂之臣。與其有聚斂之臣，寧有盗臣。」此謂國不以利爲利，以義爲利也。長國家而務財用者，必自小人矣。彼爲善之，小人之使爲國家，菑害並至；雖有善者，亦無如之何矣！此謂國不以利爲利，以義爲利也。

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I presented him an inventory of a little print'g-house, amounting by my computation to about one hundred pounds sterling. He lik'd it, but ask'd me if my being on the spot in England to chuse the types, and see that every thing was good of the kind, might not be of some advantage. "Then," says he, "when there, you may make acquaintances, and establish correspondences in the bookselling and stationery way." I agreed that this might be advantageous. "Then," says he, "get yourself ready to go with Annis;" which was the annual ship, and the only one at that time usually passing between London and Philadelphia. But it would be some months before Annis sail'd, so I continu'd working with Keimer, fretting about the money Collins had got from me, and in daily apprehensions of being call'd upon by Vernon, which, however, did not happen for some years after.

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It would have been a pleasure as well as a satisfaction to dwell with some fulness upon the stories of daily and intimate companionship which existed for so many years with my close partners and associates, but I realize that while these experiences have always been to me among the great pleasures of my life, a long account of them would not interest the reader, and thus it happens that I have but mentioned the names of only a few of the scores of partners who have been so active in building up the business interests with which I have been associated.

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