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[M 101 object of greater admiration
to his fellow sufferer than his fellow sufferer was to himself. This was
mere arrogance.

Vitellius's self esteem led him to demand respect because he
had possessed the highest portion of prosperity. If that consoled him
so much the better for him & nothing the worse for others.

But self-regarding prudence is not only a virtue – it is a virtue
on which the very existence of the race depends. If I thought more of about
you than I thought about myself – I should be the blind leading the
blind & we should fall into the ditch together. It is as impossible
that your pleasures should be better to me than my own, as that
your eye sight should be better to me than my own. My enjoyments happiness
& my unhappiness are as much a part of me as any of my
faculties or organs, – & I might as well profess to feel your tooth-ache
more keenly than you do, as to be more interested in your well being
than in my own well being. The selfish principle may however, stretch
itself

There are however many who so exaggerate the selfish
principle as to think that by swelling their notions of themselves, they are
still serving their race.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	242	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	5458
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