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Love for power is inherent (a) ____ human nature. Everyone wishes to have power and to exercise it (b) ____ others Power (c) ____ comes (d) _____ the possession of wealth or learning or any high office. It is (e) _____ to have some kind of power. He who has power, is feared, obeyed and respected. It is for this reason that power is sought by (f) _____ individual as well as by (g) ______ nation. To love power for its own sake is bad, it then becomes the root of all evils. To carry love of anything to (h) _____ excess leads only to (i) _____ . So, this love of power should also be kept within (j) ______ bounds..