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It is evident from this what kind of men they are whose ill
fortunes, calamities, and lack of success must make us rejoice or at least feel
no pain; for the opposites are clear from what has been said. If then the
speaker puts the judges into such a frame of mind and proves that
those who claim our pity （and the reasons why they do
so） are unworthy to obtain it and deserve that it should be refused
them, then pity will be impossible.
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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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