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public_a evil_n extravagant_a and_o groundless_a wish_n vain_a confidence_n sickly_a affection_n shameless_a impiety_n rapine_n authorize_v and_o the_o violation_n of_o all_o thing_n sacred_a and_o profane_a obligation_n be_v pursue_v with_o sword_n and_o poison_n benefit_n be_v turn_v into_o crime_n and_o that_o blood_n most_o seditious_o spill_v for_o which_o every_o honest_a man_n shall_v expose_v his_o own_o those_o that_o shall_v be_v the_o preserver_n of_o their_o country_n be_v the_o destroyer_n of_o it_o and_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o dignity_n to_o trample_v upon_o the_o government_n the_o sword_n give_v the_o law_n and_o mercenary_n take_v up_o arm_n against_o their_o master_n among_o these_o turbulent_a and_o unruly_a motion_n what_o hope_n be_v there_o of_o find_v honesty_n or_o good_a faith_n which_o be_v the_o quiet_a of_o all_o virtue_n there_o be_v no_o more_o lively_a image_n of_o humane_a life_n than_o that_o of_o a_o conquer_a city_n there_o be_v neither_o mercy_n modesty_n nor_o religion_n and_o if_o we_o forget_v our_o life_n we_o may_v well_o forget_v our_o benefit_n the_o world_n abound_v with_o example_n of_o ungrateful_a person_n and_o no_o less_o with_o those_o of_o ungrateful_a government_n be_v not_o catiline_n ungrateful_a who_o malice_n aim_v not_o only_o at_o the_o master_v of_o his_o country_n but_o at_o the_o total_a destruction_n of_o it_o by_o call_v in_o a_o inveterate_a and_o vindictive_a enemy_n from_o beyond_o the_o alps_n to_o wreak_v their_o long_a thirsted-for_a revenge_n and_o to_o sacrifice_v the_o life_n of_o as_o many_o noble_a roman_n as_o may_v serve_v to_o answer_v and_o appease_v the_o ghost_n of_o the_o slaughter_v gaul_n be_v not_o marius_n ungrateful_a that_o from_o a_o common_a soldier_n be_v raise_v up_o to_o a_o consul_n not_o only_o give_v the_o word_n for_o civil_a bloodshed_n and_o massacre_n but_o be_v himself_o the_o sign_n for_o the_o execution_n and_o every_o man_n he_o meet_v in_o the_o street_n to_o who_o he_o do_v not_o stretch_v out_o his_o right-hand_n be_v murder_a and_o be_v not_o sylla_n ungrateful_a too_o that_o when_o he_o have_v wade_v up_o to_o the_o gate_n in_o humane_a blood_n carry_v the_o outrage_n into_o the_o city_n and_o there_o most_o barbarous_o cut_v two_o entire_a legion_n to_o piece_n in_o a_o corner_n not_o only_o after_o the_o victory_n but_o most_o perfidious_o after_o quarter_n give_v they_o good_a god_n that_o ever_o any_o man_n shall_v not_o only_o escape_v with_o impunity_n but_o receive_v a_o reward_n for_o so_o horrid_a a_o villainy_n be_v not_o pompey_n ungrateful_a too_o who_o after_o three_o consulship_n three_o triumph_n and_o so_o many_o honour_n usurp_v before_o his_o time_n split_v the_o commonwealth_n into_o three_o part_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o such_o a_o pass_n that_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o safety_n but_o by_o slavery_n only_o forsooth_o to_o abate_v the_o envy_n of_o his_o power_n he_o take_v other_o partner_n with_o he_o into_o the_o government_n as_o if_o that_o which_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o one_o may_v have_v be_v allowable_a for_o more_o divide_v and_o distribute_v the_o province_n and_o break_v all_o into_o a_o triumvirate_n reserve_v still_o two_o part_n of_o the_o three_o in_o his_o own_o family_n and_o be_v not_o caesar_n ungrateful_a also_o though_o to_o give_v he_o his_o due_n he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o his_o word_n merciful_a in_o his_o victory_n and_o never_o kill_v any_o man_n but_o with_o his_o sword_n in_o his_o hand_n let_v we_o therefore_o forgive_v one_o another_o only_o one_o word_n more_o now_o for_o the_o shame_n of_o ungrateful_a government_n be_v not_o camillus_n banish_v scipio_n dismiss_v and_o cicero_n exile_v and_o plunder_v but_o what_o be_v all_o this_o to_o those_o that_o be_v so_o mad_a as_o to_o dispute_v even_o the_o goodness_n of_o heaven_n which_o give_v we_o all_o and_o expect_v nothing_o again_o but_o continue_v give_v to_o the_o most_o unthankful_a and_o complain_v chap._n xx._n there_o can_v be_v no_o law_n against_o ingratitude_n ingratitude_n be_v so_o dangerous_a to_o itself_o and_o so_o detestable_a to_o other_o people_n that_o nature_n one_o will_v think_v have_v sufficient_o provide_v against_o it_o without_o need_n of_o any_o other_o law_n for_o every_o ungrateful_a man_n be_v his_o own_o enemy_n and_o it_o seem_v superfluous_a to_o compel_v a_o man_n to_o be_v kind_a to_o himself_o and_o to_o follow_v his_o own_o inclination_n this_o of_o all_o wickedness_n imaginable_a be_v certain_o the_o vice_n which_o do_v the_o most_o divide_v and_o distract_v humane_a nature_n without_o the_o exercise_n and_o the_o commerce_n of_o mutual_a office_n we_o can_v be_v neither_o happy_a nor_o safe_a for_o it_o be_v only_a society_n that_o secure_v we_o take_v we_o one_o by_o one_o and_o we_o be_v a_o prey_n even_o to_o brute_n as_o well_o as_o to_o one_o another_o nature_n have_v bring_v we_o into_o the_o world_n naked_a and_o unarm_v we_o have_v not_o the_o tooth_n or_o the_o paw_n of_o lion_n or_o bear_n to_o make_v ourselves_o terrible_a but_o by_o the_o two_o blessing_n of_o reason_n and_o union_n we_o secure_v and_o defend_v ourselves_o against_o violence_n and_o fortune_n this_o it_o be_v that_o make_v man_n the_o master_n of_o all_o other_o creature_n who_o otherwise_o be_v scarce_o a_o match_n for_o the_o weak_a of_o they_o this_o be_v it_o that_o comfort_v we_o in_o sickness_n in_o age_n in_o misery_n in_o pain_n and_o in_o the_o woâ—…st_n of_o calamity_n take_v away_o this_o combination_n and_o mankind_n be_v dissociate_v and_o fall_v to_o piece_n it_o be_v true_a that_o there_o be_v no_o law_n establish_v against_o this_o abominable_a vice_n but_o we_o can_v say_v yet_o that_o it_o escape_v unpunished_a for_o a_o public_a hatred_n be_v certain_o the_o great_a of_o all_o penalty_n over_o and_o above_o that_o we_o lose_v the_o most_o valuable_a blessing_n of_o life_n in_o the_o not_o bestow_v and_o receive_v of_o benefit_n 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ingratitude_n so_o be_v it_o utter_o impossible_a to_o contrive_v any_o that_o in_o all_o circumstance_n shall_v reach_v it_o if_o it_o be_v actionable_a there_o will_v not_o be_v court_n enough_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o try_v the_o cause_n in_o there_o can_v be_v no_o set_n of_o a_o day_n for_o the_o requite_v of_o benefit_n as_o for_o the_o payment_n of_o money_n nor_o any_o estimate_n upon_o the_o benefit_n themselves_o but_o the_o whole_a matter_n rest_v in_o the_o conscience_n of_o both_o party_n and_o then_o there_o be_v so_o many_o degree_n of_o it_o that_o the_o same_o rule_n will_v never_o serve_v all_o beside_o that_o to_o proportion_v it_o as_o the_o benefit_n be_v great_a or_o less_o will_v be_v both_o impracticable_a and_o without_o reason_n one_o good_a turn_n save_v my_o life_n another_o my_o freedom_n or_o peradventure_o my_o very_a soul_n how_o shall_v any_o law_n
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the_o main_n there_o must_v be_v concord_n and_o consent_v in_o the_o part_n for_o all_o virtue_n be_v in_o agreement_n as_o well_o as_o all_o vice_n be_v at_o variance_n a_o wise_a man_n in_o what_o condition_n soever_o he_o be_v will_v be_v still_o happy_a for_o he_o subject_n all_o thing_n to_o himself_o because_o he_o submit_v himself_o to_o reason_n and_o govern_v his_o action_n by_o counsel_n not_o by_o passion_n he_o be_v not_o move_v with_o the_o utmost_a violence_n of_o fortune_n nor_o with_o the_o extremity_n of_o fire_n and_o sword_n whereas_o a_o fool_n be_v afraid_a of_o his_o own_o shadow_n and_o surprise_v at_o ill_a accident_n as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o level_v at_o he_o he_o do_v nothing_o unwilling_o for_o whatever_o he_o find_v necessary_a he_o make_v it_o his_o choice_n he_o propound_v to_o himself_o the_o certain_a scope_n and_o end_n of_o humane_a life_n he_o follow_v that_o which_o conduce_v to_o it_o and_o avoid_v that_o which_o hinder_v it_o he_o be_v content_a with_o his_o lot_n whatever_o it_o be_v without_o wish_v what_o he_o have_v not_o though_o of_o the_o two_o he_o have_v rather_o abound_v than_o want_n the_o great_a business_n of_o his_o life_n like_o that_o of_o nature_n be_v perform_v without_o tumult_n or_o noise_n he_o neither_o fear_v danger_n nor_o provoke_v it_o but_o it_o be_v his_o caution_n not_o any_o want_n of_o courage_n for_o captivity_n wound_n and_o chain_n he_o only_o look_v upon_o as_o false_a and_o lymphatical_a terror_n he_o do_v not_o pretend_v to_o go_v through_o with_o whatever_o he_o undertake_v but_o to_o do_v that_o well_o which_o he_o do_v art_n be_v but_o the_o servant_n wisdom_n command_v and_o where_o the_o matter_n fail_v it_o be_v none_o of_o the_o workman_n fault_n he_o be_v cautelous_a in_o doubtful_a case_n in_o prosperity_n temperate_a and_o resolute_a in_o adversity_n still_o make_v the_o best_a of_o every_o condition_n and_o improve_n all_o occasion_n to_o make_v they_o serviceable_a 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expose_v a_o man_n to_o appetite_n that_o be_v vast_a unlimited_a and_o intolerable_a virtue_n be_v free_a and_o indefatigable_a and_o accompany_v with_o concord_n and_o gracefulness_n whereas_o pleasure_n be_v mean_a servile_a transitory_a tiresome_a and_o sickly_a and_o scarce_o outlive_v the_o taste_n of_o it_o it_o be_v the_o good_a of_o the_o belly_n and_o not_o of_o the_o man_n and_o only_o the_o felicity_n of_o brute_n who_o do_v not_o know_v that_o fool_n enjoy_v their_o pleasure_n and_o that_o there_o be_v great_a variety_n in_o the_o entertainment_n of_o wickedness_n nay_o the_o mind_n itself_o have_v its_o variety_n of_o perverse_a pleasure_n as_o well_o as_o the_o body_n as_o insolence_n self-conceipt_n pride_n garrulity_n laziness_n and_o the_o abusive_a wit_n of_o turn_v every_o thing_n into_o ridicule_n whereas_o virtue_n weigh_v all_o this_o and_o correct_v it_o it_o be_v the_o knowledge_n both_o of_o other_o and_o of_o itself_o it_o be_v to_o be_v learn_v from_o itself_o and_o the_o very_a will_n itself_o may_v be_v teach_v which_o will_n can_v be_v right_a unless_o the_o whole_a habit_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v right_a from_o whence_o the_o will_n come_v it_o be_v by_o the_o impulse_n of_o virtue_n that_o we_o love_v virtue_n so_o that_o the_o very_a way_n to_o virtue_n lie_v by_o virtue_n which_o take_v in_o also_o at_o a_o view_n the_o law_n of_o humane_a life_n neither_o be_v we_o to_o value_v ourselves_o upon_o a_o day_n or_o piece_n a_o hour_n or_o any_o one_o action_n but_o upon_o the_o whole_a habit_n of_o the_o mind_n some_o man_n do_v one_o thing_n brave_o but_o not_o another_o they_o will_v shrink_v at_o infamy_n and_o bear_v up_o against_o poverty_n in_o this_o case_n we_o commend_v the_o fact_n and_o despise_v the_o man._n the_o soul_n be_v never_o in_o the_o right_a place_n till_o it_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o care_n of_o humane_a affair_n we_o must_v labour_v and_o climb_v the_o hill_n if_o we_o will_v arrive_v at_o virtue_n who_o seat_n be_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o it_o he_o that_o master_n avarice_n and_o be_v true_o good_a stand_v firm_a against_o ambition_n he_o look_v upon_o his_o last_o hour_n not_o as_o a_o punishment_n but_o as_o the_o equity_n of_o a_o common_a fate_n he_o that_o subdue_v his_o carnal_a lust_n shall_v easy_o keep_v himself_o unteint_v with_o any_o other_o so_o that_o reason_n do_v not_o encounter_v this_o or_o that_o vice_n by_o itself_o but_o beat_v down_o all_o at_o a_o blow_n what_o do_v he_o care_n for_o ignominy_n that_o only_o value_v himself_o upon_o conscience_n and_o not_o opinion_n socrates_n look_v a_o scandalous_a death_n in_o the_o face_n with_o the_o same_o constancy_n that_o he_o have_v before_o practise_v towards_o the_o thirty_o tyrant_n his_o virtue_n consecrate_v the_o very_a dungeon_n as_o cato_n repulse_v be_v cato_n honour_n and_o the_o reproach_n of_o the_o government_n he_o that_o be_v wise_a will_v take_v delight_n even_o in_o a_o ill_a opinion_n that_o be_v well_o get_v it_o be_v ostentation_n not_o virtue_n when_o a_o man_n will_v have_v his_o good_a deed_n publish_v and_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o be_v just_a where_o there_o be_v honour_n to_o be_v get_v but_o to_o continue_v so_o in_o defiance_n of_o infamy_n and_o danger_n but_o virtue_n can_v lie_v hide_v for_o the_o time_n will_v come_v that_o suppress_v shall_v raise_v it_o again_o even_o after_o it_o be_v bury_v and_o deliver_v it_o from_o the_o malignity_n of_o the_o age_n that_o oppress_v it_o immortal_a glory_n be_v the_o shadow_n of_o it_o and_o keep_v it_o company_n whether_o we_o will_v or_o no_o but_o sometime_o the_o shadow_n go_v before_o the_o substance_n and_o otherwhiles_o it_o follow_v it_o and_o the_o late_a it_o come_v the_o large_a it_o be_v when_o even_o envy_n itself_o shall_v have_v give_v way_n to_o it_o it_o be_v a_o long_a time_n that_o democritus_n be_v take_v for_o a_o madman_n and_o before_o socrates_n have_v any_o esteem_n in_o the_o world_n how_o long_o be_v it_o before_o cato_n can_v be_v understand_v nay_o he_o be_v affront_v contemn_a and_o reject_v and_o people_n never_o know_v the_o value_n of_o he_o till_o they_o have_v lose_v he_o the_o integrity_n and_o courage_n of_o rutilius_n have_v be_v forget_v but_o for_o his_o suffering_n i_o speak_v of_o those_o that_o fortune_n have_v make_v famous_a for_o their_o persecution_n and_o there_o be_v other_o also_o that_o the_o world_n never_o take_v notice_n of_o till_o they_o be_v dead_a as_o epicurus_n and_o metrodorus_n that_o be_v almost_o whole_o unknown_a even_o in_o the_o place_n where_o they_o live_v now_o as_o the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v in_o upon_o the_o downhill_o and_o force_v upward_o so_o there_o be_v some_o virtue_n that_o require_v the_o rein_n and_o other_o the_o spur._n in_o liberality_n temperance_n gentleness_n of_o nature_n we_o be_v to_o check_v ourselves_o for_o fear_v of_o fall_v but_o in_o patience_n resolution_n and_o perseverance_n where_o we_o be_v to_o mount_v the_o hill_n we_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o encouragement_n upon_o this_o division_n of_o the_o matter_n i_o have_v rather_o steer_v the_o smooth_a course_n than_o pass_v through_o the_o experiment_n of_o sweat_n and_o blood_n i_o know_v it_o be_v my_o duty_n to_o be_v content_a in_o all_o condition_n but_o yet_o if_o it_o be_v at_o my_o choice_n i_o will_v choose_v the_o fair_a when_o a_o man_n come_v once_o to_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o fortune_n his_o life_n be_v anxious_a suspicious_a timorous_a dependent_a upon_o every_o moment_n and_o in_o fear_n of_o all_o accident_n how_o can_v that_o man_n resign_v himself_o to_o god_n or_o bear_v his_o lot_n whatever_o it_o be_v without_o murmur_a and_o cheerful_o submit_v to_o providence_n that_o shrink_v at_o every_o motion_n of_o pleasure_n or_o pain_n it_o be_v virtue_n alone_o that_o raise_v we_o above_o grief_n hope_n fear_n and_o chance_n and_o make_v we_o not_o only_a patient_n but_o willing_a as_o know_v that_o 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