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5 Make manifest the worthless
of any other possession but virtue.

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Youth & loveliness depart.
Brighter scene fades.

The best earthly estate will soon
avail us nothing – the possession
power is but for a time.
Virtue is eternal – no shocks.

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6 To compel to seek something
which we know is better
than any good now given
us. He who can do so much
can do more. Till we are done
with our schooling we can not
have all the benefit of our toil.
The rudiments are not rewards.