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because they are invited by our own folly, all of us 

 will suffer. Certain of us will suffer more, and others 

 less, but all will suffer somewhat. If, on the other 

 hand, under Providence, our own energy and good 

 sense bring prosperity to us, all will share in that 

 prosperity. We will not all share alike, but some 

 thing each one of us will get. Let us strive to make 

 the conditions of life such that as nearly as possible 

 each man shall receive the share to which he is hon 

 estly entitled and no more; and let us remember at 

 the same time that our efforts must be to build up, 

 rather than to strike down, and that we can best help 

 ourselves, not at the expense of others, but by heart 

 ily working with them for the common good of each 

 and all. 



