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But one thing
I don't like: why do you style yourself "your worthless and insignificant brother"? You recognize
your insignificance? . . . Recognize it before
God; perhaps, too, in the presence of beauty, intelligence, nature, but not before men. Among men
you must be conscious of your dignity.