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     Things around us are forever changing. Seasons are always changing or course. Our kids, inching taller and taller.  Technology is changing too, happily enough in most cases. And scientists are gaining more and more knowledge about the world we live in. But have people changed? Have lust, infidelity, and greed been vanquished once and for all?  Have courage and daring disappeared, or are there still those men and woman who strive and defend in the face of adversity?

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     Human nature hasn't changed. The same human problems that existed in Lao Tzu's time are still with us. The same human virtues too.  Our conditions have changed: Better medicine. Bigger houses for many. We have air conditioning now, cruise control, and great GPS systems that tell where to turn. But we haven't changed at all. That's why Lao Tzu can still speak to us today.

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     Politics is human, so it is no different. There are leaders who fail us and themselves. And there are those with backbone and valor. Here Lao Tzu addresses the four types of leaders of his time. We recognize them immediately because they are still with us today.

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