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None of you can completely eliminate meanness, but clear thinking can fight alongside you so that you don't have to give in to your cruel tendencies.
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clear thinking does not uproot the emotions, but it is their opponent.
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This can be shown more clearly by the story of when King David was thirsty.
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David had been attacking the enemy all day long, and he had killed many of them with the help of his nation's soldiers.
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When it was evening, he returned to his royal tent, dripping with sweat and completely exhausted. The whole army of our ancestors was camped around it,