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distinguish_v from_o prudence_n temperance_n and_o fortitude_n 1._o cicero_n offic._n 1._o as_o you_o have_v it_o in_o the_o orator_n and_o in_o st._n bernard_n 8._o bern._n the_o confid_v ad_fw-la eug._n li._n 1._o cap._n 8._o say_v modum_fw-la justitia_fw-la quaerit_fw-la prudentia_fw-la invenit_fw-la fortitudo_fw-la vendicat_fw-la temperantia_fw-la possidet_fw-la justice_n seek_v mediocrity_n prudence_n find_v it_o fortitude_n challenge_v it_o temper_n ance_n possess_v it_o otherwhile_o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o general_a virtue_n a_o panarie_n or_o cornucopia_n of_o virtue_n whereupon_o aristotle_n say_v 3._o arist_n eth._n 5._o cap._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o a_o particular_a kind_n of_o virtue_n but_o a_o universal_a virtue_n according_a to_o that_o of_o theognis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o righteousness_n all_o virtue_n be_v summary_o comprise_v the_o consideration_n hereof_o move_v the_o philosopher_n to_o magnific_a it_o and_o adorn_v it_o 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