25. [Advice to an able speaker.]

"If thou art strong, inspiring awe by knowledge or by pleasing, speak in

first command; that is to say, not according to [another's] lead. The

weak man [?] entereth into error. Raise not thine heart, lest it be cast

down. Be not silent. Beware of interruption and of answering words with

heat [?].... The flames of a fiery heart sweep away the mild man, when a

fighter treadeth on his path. He who doth accounts all day long hath not

a pleasant moment; he who enjoyeth himself all day long doth not provide

his house. The archer will hit his mark even as he that worketh the

rudder, at one time letting it alone, at another pulling; he that

obeyeth his heart [conscience?] shall _command_."

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