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Chapter XIV.; original source section: Chapter 14; original book/conference: XVI. The First Conference of Abbot Joseph.

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Date uncertain | John Cassian

is true love set in order, which, while it hates no one, yet loves some still more by reason of their deserving it, and which, while it loves all in general, singles out for itself some from those, whom it may embrace with a special affection, and again among those, who are the special and chief objects of its love, singles out some who are preferred to others in affection.

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