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【】auseforaing quality. thatpatienceisaueoftheesepeoplenoonewill gainsay.thereissoostbeeavice. theisrulethanany aspartofthe laure.iainpartsofsze,thepeoplehavebeehirtyyearsin advanprotestthanahalfaudiblecurseinthe privacyofthehousehold.christianpatiencelikepetulancepared hesepatience,he esoofthisesepatience alongit totyrannyaortionassllfishsintotheuthofabigfish.perhapshad ouraller,oursufferingsis, thisityforputtingupeofpatience, anddeliberatelyinatedasacardinalvirtuebynfus.iaotsaying thatthispatienotagreatqualityoftheesepeople.jesussaid,”blessedare theek,fortheyshalliheearthandiaotsurebutthatesepatience haseoihalfaa.theesealsoinateit nsoralvirtue.asoursayinggoes,”an toleratesllillseveracplishgreatthings3 thetrainingschoolfordevelopingthisvirtueis,hoily,wherea largenuerofdaughtersinlahersinlahersandsonsdailyleathis virtuebytryingtoendureoher.inthebigfaly,loseddoorisan offendfortheindividuals,oneleasby neearlyutual tolerationandadjustntsinhuionships.thedeep,slow,everydaywearing effeated. thereenister,gkungni,uviedforhis earthlyblessednessofhavingninegeionslivingtogetheruhesaroof. onthesecretofhissuess,andthe nisteraskedforabrushandpaper,oheter ”patiearyonthefaly systetheple,andthephrase ”huienoralproverbsten onredpaperandpastedonallhousedoorsonneeablenessbrings goodluily systexistsandsolongassoanisnotan individualbutattainshisfullbeingonlyinlivinginharnioussoevirtueandstgrow naturallyoutofthesocialsysteforinsuiety,patiencehasareasonfor existence. iii.indifference butiftheorejustly fausfortheirindiffere. thereisnnifitrastthanthatbet brootherintheenglishtoroo”holdhishead highandansother thathersonshould”notddlehpublicaffairs.”thisissobecause,inasociety eisnotgiventopershts,indifferenceisalwayssafeand hasanattractivesidetoitdifficultforeerstoappreciate. ithinkthisindifferenotanaturalteristifthepeople,butisanscious produulture,deliberatelyinatedbyourolduhe spees.taineoncesaidthatvidvirtueareproductslikesugarand vitriol.houttakingsuabsoluteviehelesssubscribetothe generalstatentthatanyvirtueenerallyenuragedinasociety orelikelytobegenerally aeptedaspartoflife. theeourellas,becausethe politiousfortheindividualuresalittle toofaroutalone.inotherinct”survivalvalue”ina. eseyouthsareaspublicspiritedasfnyouths,andesehotheadsshow aseddlehpublicaffairs”asthoseinanyotheruntry.but soe hisindifferenceributesa lottotheirlloeleaitbynativeintelligendothers bygettingtheirfingersbuedoe.alloldpeopleplaysafelybecauseall ueshaveleaedthebesofindifferenasocietys arenotguaranteedandtingonesfingersbuedonceisbadenough. the”survivalvalue”ofindifferensists,therefore,ithatintheabsence ofproteantotaketooterest inpublicaffairs,or”idleaffairs,”as.whenshaopiaopingandlin poshui,tostdaringjoualists,gotshotbyanchurianwarlordin peipingin1926houtevenatrial,theotherjoualistsnaturallyleaedthevirtue ofthisindifferene,and”beessfuljoualistsin aarethoseen,and liketheats,theyareproudofttingtheelvestonoopiniononlifeingeneral,andonthegquestionofthehourinparticular.1else theydoonebepublicspiritedhereisaguaranteeforpershts,and onesonlylookoutisthelibellaheserigh ...