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All these questions, therefore, we ought to bear
thoughtfully in mind, when we inquire into the
nature of propriety; but above all we must decide
who and what manner of men we wish to be and
what calling in life we would follow; and this is the
most difficult problem in the world. For it is in the
years of early youth, when our judgment is most
immature, that each of us decides that his calling in
life shall be that to which he has taken a special
liking. And thus he becomes engaged in some
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particular calling and career in life, before he is fit
to decide intelligently what is best for him.
M. Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. With An English Translation. Walter Miller. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1913.
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