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 1 1 |        of a thousand lî, may I presume that you are provided with
 2 8 |   request that I may not again presume to see you.' Mencius replied, '
 3 9 |      there is not one who will presume not to join in the lamentation,
 4 9 |     work is finished, may they presume to attend to their private
 5 11|      not complete, he does not presume to sacrifice. "And the scholar
 6 11|      all complete, he does not presume to sacrifice, and then neither
 7 18|   affairs."'~6. Chang said, 'I presume to ask how it was that Yâo
 8 20|  Mencius replied, 'He does not presume to do so. When a prince
 9 20|       answer was, 'He does not presume to do so.' 'I venture to
10 20| venture to ask why he does not presume to do so.' 'Even the keepers
11 20|   become ministers, should not presume to have interviews with
12 20|        I am subject. How can I presume to be on terms of friendship
13 20|    would have died rather than presume to go. If a common man were
14 20|        a scholar, how could he presume to go? How much more may