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Nature likewise by the power of reason associates
man with man in the common bonds of speech and1
life; she implants in him above all, I may say, a
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strangely tender love for his offspring. She also
prompts men to meet in companies, to form public
assemblies and to take part in them themselves; and
she further dictates, as a consequence of this, the
effort on man's part to provide a store of things that
minister to his comforts and wants—and not for
himself alone, but for his wife and children and the
others whom he holds dear and for whom he ought
to provide; and this responsibility also stimulates
his courage and makes it stronger for the active
duties of life.
1 Family ties.
M. Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. With An English Translation. Walter Miller. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1913.
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