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And things that are peculiar to them, or which no one
else possesses,1 or which are out
of the common; for thus the honor is greater. And things which are appropriate
to them; such are all things befitting them in respect of birth and power. And
things which they think they lack, however unimportant; for none the less they
deliberately choose to acquire them.
1 “Or which no one else has done” （Jebb）.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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