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egoism spreads & embraces matters beyond any controll [[control]] of the individual, so that one is apt to take particularly inordinate pride in [[strikethrough]] his race birth [[/strikethrough]] the "accident" of birth, his race & ancestry or country none of which [[strikethrough]] matters conduce to his [[/strikethrough]] are due to any virtue of his, and looked at impartially, are only the cause & means of man's greatness (should he be great.)  And if his pedegree [[pedigree]] & environment is fine it would rather seem a reason for humility than glorification;  Since if