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Educate the younger generation by example as well as by precept. Teach them to be loyal subjects, for good subjects made good rulers. Remember that the best thing that you can bequeath to your children is my good will. Those who prove themselves untrustworthy are miserable; they live in fear, for they can rely on no one's help.

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