By a metzorah we take an cedar tree and an eizov. A cedar tree leads to gaiva, so he has to humble himself like an eizov. However, complete humility is not good either as it hinders him from doing mitzvos by saying, what is the use, so we need the cedar tree also. Whatever extreme character he has is a sheni tolaas, a read thread. The Rambam who says to go to the extreme of humility considers the fact that he has gaiva which will bring back to the middle.
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