Let us perfect the means

"We are to take care of ourselves-that much we can do-and give up attending to others for a time. Let us perfect the means;the end will take care of itself. For the world can be good and pure, only if our lives are good and pure. It is an effect, and we are the means. Therefore, Let us purify ourselves. Let us make ourselves perfect." 

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