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Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

The key to kindness, as Marcus Aurelius observed is keeping “the purity, lucidity, moderation, and justice of our mind” from being sullied by the actions of those we encounter, no matter how disagreeable and discomposed by unreason they may be.

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