Ascending Passage

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    To do good is like ascending a mountain; to do evil as easy as following an avalanche.
    Chinese proverb.

    To history therefore I must refer for answer, in which it would be an unhappy passage indeed, which should shew by what fatal indulgence of subordinate views and passions, a contest for an atom had defeated well founded prospects of giving liberty to half the globe.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)