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“种树者必培其根,种德者必养其心。欲树之长,必于始生时删其繁枝;欲德之盛,必于始学时去夫外好。如外好诗文,则精神日渐漏泄在诗文上去;凡百外好皆然。”又曰:“我此论学,是无中生有的工夫,诸公须要信得及,只是立志。学者一念为善之志,如树之种,但勿助勿忘,只管培植将去,自然日夜滋长,生气日完,枝叶日茂。树初生时,便抽繁枝,亦须刊落,然后根干能大。初学时亦然,故立志贵专一。”

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