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It is also shameful not to have a
share in the honorable things which all men, or all who resemble us, or the
majority of them, have a share in. By those who resemble us I mean those of the
same race, of the same city, of the same age, of the same family, and, generally
speaking, those who are on an equality; for then it is disgraceful not to have a
share, for instance, in education and other things, to the same extent. All
these things are the more disgraceful, if the fault appears to be our own; for
they are at once seen to be due rather to natural depravity if we ourselves are
the cause of past, present, or future defects.
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