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The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics

Chapter 2

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Laozi and James Legge
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Those three methods (of government) Thought olden ways in elegance did fail And made these names their want of worth to veil; But simple views, and courses plain and true Would selfish ends and many lusts eschew.

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