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"Sages really think and feel immediately. They take the thoughts and feelings of the common people as their own. To not only treat the able as able But to treat the inept as able too Is a quantum gain in ability. To not only treat the credible as credible But to treat those you do not trust as credible too Is a quantum gain in credibility. As for the presence of sages in the world, in their efforts to draw things together: They make of the world one muddled mind. The common people all fix their eyes and ears on the sages, And the sages treat them as so many children."