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"What has been well-planted cannot be uprooted; What is embraced tightly will not escape one’s grasp; And with one’s children and grandchildren performing the customary rites The autumnal sacrifice will never be interrupted. Cultivate it in your person, And the character you develop will be genuine; Cultivate it in your family, And its character will be abundant; Cultivate it in your village, And its character will be enduring; Cultivate it in the state, And its character will flourish; Cultivate it in the world, And its character will be all-pervading. Thus you can use your person to survey other persons, Your family to survey other families, Your village to survey other villages, Your state to survey other states, And your world to survey worlds past and yet to come. How do I know that the world is really so? From this."