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Now, in my opinion at least, every walk and
vocation in life calls for human co-operation—first
and above all, in order that one may have friends
with whom to enjoy social intercourse. And this is
not easy, unless one is looked upon as a good man.
So, even to a man who shuns society and to one who
spends his life in the country a reputation for justice
is essential—even more so than to others; for they
who do not have it [but are considered unjust] will
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have no defence to protect them and so will be
the victims of many kinds of wrong.
M. Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. With An English Translation. Walter Miller. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1913.
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