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“The Master said, 'A man should say, I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.'
— Analects 4.14 – tr. James Legge (1861)
Analects 4.14 – tr. James Legge (1861)
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