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Further, it is characteristic of the Great-minded man to ask

favours not at all, or very reluctantly, but to do a service very

readily; and to bear himself loftily towards the great or

fortunate, but towards people of middle station affably; because

to be above the former is difficult and so a grand thing, but to

be above the latter is easy; and to be high and mighty towards

the former is not ignoble, but to do it towards those of humble

station would be low and vulgar; it would be like parading

strength against the weak.