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There is however a kind of men , whom accident has thrown out of the business
of life , and whom temperament , if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipation of it ,
who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the ...
There is however a kind of men , whom accident has thrown out of the business
of life , and whom temperament , if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipation of it ,
who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the ...
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... of life , to incite to the practice of cardinal virtues , and to deter from the
commission of enormous crimes : the advices of wisdom and experience point
out the road to success and to honour in stations of public consequence , or in
nice B3 2 .
... of life , to incite to the practice of cardinal virtues , and to deter from the
commission of enormous crimes : the advices of wisdom and experience point
out the road to success and to honour in stations of public consequence , or in
nice B3 2 .
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And even when man advanced to a certain point , where the doctrine of morals
went beyond the legal rules of conduct ; yet that would contain incentives to the
exertion only of principal and leading virtues , in certain modes and situations ...
And even when man advanced to a certain point , where the doctrine of morals
went beyond the legal rules of conduct ; yet that would contain incentives to the
exertion only of principal and leading virtues , in certain modes and situations ...
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The greater virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social
intercourse receive much of their ... a work , as well as one of its chief uses , to
attack the entrenchments of fashion , whenever she is at war with modesty or
virtue .
The greater virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social
intercourse receive much of their ... a work , as well as one of its chief uses , to
attack the entrenchments of fashion , whenever she is at war with modesty or
virtue .
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It is not , however , by the etiquette of a court , or the ceremonial of a drawing -
room , that this virtue is to be regulated . Genuine excellence here , as every
where else , springs from nature , and is to be cultivated only , not created , by
artificial ...
It is not , however , by the etiquette of a court , or the ceremonial of a drawing -
room , that this virtue is to be regulated . Genuine excellence here , as every
where else , springs from nature , and is to be cultivated only , not created , by
artificial ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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