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Chapter 28

           Itisconstantlymademanifesttousintheunexpectedandalmostinstantaneousdownfallofcertainmembersofsocietywhohaveheldtheirheadsproudlyabovetheircompeersandhavepresumedtoposeasexamplesoflightandleadingtothewholecommunity;weseeitinthecapriciousfortunesofkingsandstatesmen,whoareinfavouronedayanddisgracedthenext,andvastchangesarewroughtwithsuchinexplicablequicknessthatitisscarcelywonderfultohearofcertainreligioussectswho,wheneverythingisprosperingmorethanusuallywellwiththem,makehastetoputongarmentsofsackcloth,andcastashesontheirheads,prayingaloud"Prepareus,OLord,fortheevildayswhichareathand!"ThemoderationoftheStoics,whoconsidereditimpiouseithertorejoiceorgrieve,andstrovetomaintainanequablemiddlecoursebetweentheopposingelementsofsorrowandjoy,withoutallowingthemselvestobeledawaybyover-muchdelightorover-muchmelancholy,wassurelyawisehabitoftemperament.I,wholivedmiserablyasfarasmyinnerandbetterconsciousnesswasconcerned,wasyetoutwardlysatisfiedwiththematerialthingsoflifeandtheluxuriessurroundingmeandIbegantotakecomfortinthesethings,andwiththemendeavouredtoquellandignoremymoresubtlegriefs,succeedingsofarinthatIbecamemoreandmoreofathoroughmaterialisteveryday,lovingbodilyease,appetizingfood,costlywine,andpersonalindulgencetoadegreethatrobbedmegraduallyofeventhedesireformentaleffort.

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