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/-/To act=INS070 (with integrity and good faith )was*N1 such

a habit (with Susan )[ARthat she had never before thought*- (of

examining=GOP041 )the Golden Rule: ]/C/"All things [JLwhatsoever

ye would*D1 [DOthat men should do*D1 (to you, )]]do*D1 ye even so

(to them." )/c/But the longer she reflected*- (upon it, )[ARthe

stronger was*A1 her conviction [JRthat she did not always obey*D1

the precept; ]]/C/(at length, )she appealed*- (to her mother

)(for its meaning. )/-/"It implies,"*D1 [IJsaid*D1 her mother,

]("in the first place, )a total destruction (of all selfishness:

)/C/for a man [JMwho loves*D1 himself better (than his neighbors,

)]can never do*- (to others )[ARas he would have*D1 others

do=IDO040 (to him. )]/-/We are bound*P2 not only to do,=IRO020

but to feel,=IRO130 (toward others )[ARas we would have*D1 others

feel=IDO040 (toward us. )]/-/Remember,*D1 [DOit is*A1 much

easier to reprove=IDS061 the sin (of others )(than to

overcome=IOP071 )temptation [ARwhen it assails*D1 ourselves. ]]/-

/"A man may be*A2 perfectly honest and yet very selfish; /C/but

the command implies*D1 something more (than mere honesty; )/C/it

requires*D2 charity as well as integrity. /-/The meaning (of the

command )is fully explained*P (in the parable )(of the Good

Samaritan. )/-/The Levite, [JMwho passed by*D1 the wounded=P--01

man (without offering=GOP031 )him assistance, ]may have been*N1 a

man (of great honesty; )/C/but he did not do*- (unto the poor

stranger )[ARas he would have wished*D1 others to do=IDO050 (unto

him." )]/-/Susan pondered*- carefully and seriously (on [OPwhat

)her mother had said.*D1 ]/-/[ALWhen she thought over*D1 her

past conduct, ]a blush (of shame )crept*- (to her cheeks. )!!!!!!!!