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As, then, in everything else brain-work is far1
more important than mere hand-work, so those
objects which we strive to attain through intellect
and reason gain for us a higher degree of gratitude
than those which we strive to gain by physical
strength. The best recommendation, then, that a
young man can have to popular esteem proceeds from
self-restraint, filial affection, and devotion to kinsfolk.
Next to that, young men win recognition most easily2
and most favourably, if they attach themselves to
men who are at once wise and renowned as well as
patriotic counsellors in public affairs. And if they
associate constantly with such men, they inspire in
the public the expectation that they will be like
them, seeing that they have themselves selected them
[p. 217]
for imitation.
M. Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. With An English Translation. Walter Miller. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1913.
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