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"The Name of Inner Life is Everlasting Tao. If only he is pure, though he may be small, The Servant of Tao dares to stand against the world. Tao is able to maintain the unity of prince and people; It subdues and binds all beings with each other; It united Heaven and Earth harmoniously to produce sweet dew; It gathers the people in the bonds of time and individuality. The Name produces, divides, and brings to life; Things produced ever return into the name. The Master also shall know how to rest in it. Knowing how to rest in it means that he never will decay. On the earth everywhere Tao exists, As the waters are collected in the valleys And return into the rivers and the seas."