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75._o of_o truth_n p._n 77._o of_o wisdom_n p._n 81._o of_o the_o chief_a good_a p._n 92._o of_o felicity_n ib._n of_o fortitude_n p._n 93._o of_o meekness_n p._n 105._o of_o humility_n and_o patience_n p._n 106._o concern_v moderate_n our_o desire_n p._n 111._o of_o help_v the_o distress_a p._n 113._o not_o to_o be_v contentious_a p._n 114._o of_o revenge_n p._n 117._o of_o heighten_v the_o difference_n of_o other_o p._n 119._o of_o temperance_n p._n 123._o concern_v diet_n and_o apparel_n p._n 127._o of_o chastity_n p._n 129._o of_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a p._n 133._o of_o constancy_n in_o good_a resolution_n p._n 135._o of_o secrecy_n and_o reservation_n p._n 137._o of_o go_v to_o law_n p._n 141._o of_o recreation_n p._n 144._o of_o gentility_n p._n 152._o concern_v the_o choice_n of_o thy_o profession_n p._n 154._o of_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o wife_n p._n 163._o the_o happiness_n of_o a_o marry_a life_n require_v that_o both_o be_v good_a p._n 167._o a_o vicious_a 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