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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: city"; and this, I presume, is law and custom everywhere that a man
should please the gods with offerings according to the ability which
is in him.[28] How then should a man honour the gods with more
beautiful or holier honour than by doing what they bid him? but he
must in no wise slacken or fall short of his ability, for when a man
so does, it is manifest, I presume, that at the moment he is not
honouring the gods. You must then honour the gods, not with
shortcoming but according to your ability; and having so done, be of
good cheer and hope to receive the greatest blessings. For where else
should a man of sober sense look to receive great blessings if not
from those who are able to help him most, and how else should he hope
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