Let it not be in any man's power to say truly of thee that thou are not simple or that thou art not good; but let him be a liar whoever shall think anything of this kind about thee; and this is altogether in thy power.
This passage asserts that one's simplicity and goodness should be beyond reproach, emphasizing that maintaining such character is entirely within one's power.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
The safety of life is this, to examine everything all through, what it is itself, that is its material, what the formal part; with all thy soul to do justice and to say the truth.
But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
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