IN this conflict, so necessary to thee is distrust of self, that unless thou he furnished with it thou wilt assuredly be unable not only to gain the victory, but even to overcome the very weakest of thy passions. And let this be well impressed on thy mind, inasmuch as our corrupt nature too easily disposes us to a false estimate of ourselves; so that while we are in reality absolutely nothing, we flatter ourselves that we are something, and, without the slightest foundation,
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