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All steps are necessary to make up the ladder.
The vices of man become steps in the ladder,
one by one, as they are surmounted. ...
give your aid to the few strong hands that hold back the powers of darkness from obtaining complete victory [over mankind.]
Then do you enter into a partnership of joy, which brings indeed terrible toil and profound sadness, but also a great and ever-increasing delight.
Light on the path, part 1 (20)
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