We are gifted our greatest sympathies for man by the gods themselves; and would, thereby, lead ourselves to ungenerous, resentful lives, if we are to live them wholly for ourselves. Like tyrants standing on the shoulders of their many subjects. It's through our actions and influence we must reach toward these higher social ends, for therein lies our nature's true fulfillment.

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