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    instinctofselfpreservationtellsusthatindifferenceisourbestnstitutional

    guaranteeforpersonalliberty.

    inotheroralvirtuebutasocialattitudede

    neofselfprote,developed

    inthesahetortoisedevelopsitsshell.thefauseseapathetic

    gazeisonlyaselfprotectivegaze,acquiredbyalotofcultureandselfdiscipline.

    thisisboeoutbythefactthateserobbersandbandits,depend

    uponlegalproteostchivalrous

    andpublilassofpeoplehe

    naof”haohsieh”isinvariablyassociatedhtherobbersasinshuihu.the

    vicariouspleasurederivedinreadingthelifeandadventuresofsuchheroesats

    forthepopularityofsuehatelinlynspopularityo

    beaberofoldidsiedstates.thestrong,

    therefore,arepublieekwho

    nstitutethejorityofthepeopleareindifferentbecausetheyoprotect

    theelves.

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    dynasties,eadredfortheirindiffereonationalaffairs,

    resultingsooninthesappingofnationalstrengthandtheofnorthaby

    barbarians.ithefashionforscholarsoftheiestogive

    theelvesuptodrinking,”lightion”gfan,anddreangabout

    taoistfairiesanddisveringthepillofiortality.thisperiodseedtobe

    politicallytheloes,

    representingtheendressivedegeionoftherae

    initshistory,aergedunderbarbarianrule.hiscultofindifference

    natural,andifnot,hhtabouthistoryrevealsthistousinno

    uainter.

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    faitsheightduringthisperiod.leadingscholarsand

    ”uy”students,nuerihirtythousand,broiledover

    questionsofcurrentpolitiddaredtheperorin

    theirintrepidattaentpolieersofthe

    ierialhousehold.yet,beoventendediesuppressionatthehandsoftheeunuc