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Planning for the greater office.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in provision for live. · Forethought in provision for life (general). · view the constellation · filed as J703

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Filed under Forethought in provision for life (general).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Looking for the keys of the abbey. Monk goes about with downcast eyes until he is made abbot; then lives in luxury. He explains that he was looking for the keys of the abbey. Now he has them "Eat small fish now if you wish larger ones later." Bishop refuses to eat small fish as he used to when an abbot. "Then I used small fish to catch big ones I have now!"
Filed beside it
Provision for the future Necessity of work Safe provision for life not to be lightly surrendered Acquisition of wealth Wealth is most important

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