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What is inherent instinct ?

That which is implanted & inborn can be toned down by training, but not overcome. 

Why do we need guardians ?

The soul should have someone whom it can respect, as you can never straighten that which is crooked unless you use a ruler. 

On the Blush of Modesty

For by no wisdom can natural weaknesses of the body be removed; That which is implanted & inborn can be toned down by training, but not overcome. 

Hear & take to heart this useful & wholesome motto: "Cherish some people of high character, & keep them ever before your eyes, living as if they were watching you, & ordering all your actions as if they beheld them." 

Happy is the person who can make others better, not merely when one is in their company, but even when one is in their thoughts!, Happy also is one who can so revere a person as to calm & regulate themselves by calling one to mind!; One who can so revere another, will soon be oneself worthy of reverence. 

Choose a guardian whose life, conversation, & soul-expressing face have satisfied you; picture them always to yourself as your protector or your pattern. 

For we must indeed have someone according to whom we may regulate our characters; you can never straighten that which is crooked unless you use a ruler. 

Farewell.

Seneca, StoicTaoist.