apart
from
the
fact
that
they
cannot
do
the
good
they
would
do,
if
God
would
have
them
impart
to
others
what
they
have
received,
they
are
giving
out
of
their
necessity
and
not
of
their
abundance
;
so
that
they
exhaust
themselves
;
as
you
have
seen
several
pools
of
water
under
a
fountain.
The
fountain
alone
gives
out
of
its
abundance,
and
the
pools
only
send
into
each
other
of
the
fulness
which
is
communicated
to
them
;
but
if
the
fountain
be
closed
or
turned
aside,
and
the
pools
cease
to
overflow,
then
as
they
are
cut
off*
from
the
source,
they
dry
up.
This
is
precisely
what
happens
to
those
in
this
degree.
They
want
to
be
constantly
sending
out
their
waters,
and
it
is
not
till
late
that
they
perceive
that
the
water
which
they
had
was
only
for
themselves,
and
that
they
are
not
in
a
state
to
communicate
it,
because
they
are
not
con-nected
with
the
source.
They
are
like
bottles
of
scent
which
are
left
open
:
they
find
so
much
sweet-ness
in
the
odour
which
they
emit
that
they
do
not
perceive
the
loss
they
themselves
sustain.
Yet
they
appear
to
practise
virtue
without
any
effort,
since
they
are
occupied
only
with
a
general
love,
without
reason
or
motive.
If
you
ask
them
what
they
do
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