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    "title": "Chapter 67 — Three Treasures",
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    "text": "## Chapter 67\n\n\nAll the world says that, while my Tao is great, it yet appears\nto be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its\ngreatness that makes it seem to be inferior. If it were like any\nother (system), for long would its smallness have been known!\n\nBut I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The\nfirst is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking\nfrom taking precedence of others.\n\nWith that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be\nliberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a\nvessel of the highest honour. Now-a-days they give up gentleness and\nare all for being bold; economy, and are all for being liberal; the\nhindmost place, and seek only to be foremost;--(of all which the end\nis) death.\n\nGentleness is sure to be victorious even in battle, and firmly to\nmaintain its ground. Heaven will save its possessor, by his (very)\ngentleness protecting him.",
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