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Humanity (n.) pulls against interest in a storm, when one must choose whether to throw overboard a slave of no value or a valuable horse.
Patriotism (n.) comes before all other duties, yet it is for the country's welfare to have citizens dutiful toward their parents.
The Ship (n.) belongs not to the master but to the passengers until it arrives at the port to which passage has been taken.
Treason (n.) in a father should be met by the son with pleas, then rebuke, then threats, and at the last, if the country is in danger of great harm, he should prefer the country's safety to his father's.
Wealth (n.) is wanted not for ourselves alone but for children, kin, friends and above all the state, since the means of individual citizens are the wealth of the state.