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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 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whatever_o we_o suffer_v be_v according_a to_o the_o decree_n of_o heaven_n he_o that_o be_v overcome_v with_o pleasure_n so_o contemptible_a and_o weak_a a_o enemy_n what_o will_v become_v of_o he_o when_o he_o come_v to_o grapple_v with_o danger_n necessity_n torment_n death_n and_o the_o dissolution_n of_o nature_n itself_o wealth_n honour_n and_o favour_n may_v come_v upon_o a_o man_n by_o chance_n nay_o they_o may_v be_v cast_v upon_o he_o without_o so_o much_o as_o look_v after_o they_o but_o virtue_n be_v the_o work_n of_o industry_n and_o labour_n and_o certain_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o while_n to_o purchase_v that_o good_a which_o bring_v all_o other_o along_o with_o it_o a_o good_a man_n be_v happy_a within_o himself_o and_o independent_a upon_o fortune_n kind_a to_o his_o friend_n temperate_a to_o his_o enemy_n religious_o just_o indefatigable_o laborious_a and_o he_o discharge_v all_o duty_n with_o a_o constancy_n and_o congruity_n of_o action_n chap._n iv._o philosophy_n be_v the_o guide_n of_o life_n if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o understanding_n and_o the_o will_n be_v the_o two_o eminent_a faculty_n of_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o wisdom_n and_o virtue_n which_o be_v the_o best_a improvement_n of_o those_o two_o faculty_n must_v be_v the_o perfection_n also_o of_o our_o reasonable_a be_v and_o consequent_o the_o undeniable_a foundation_n of_o a_o happy_a life_n there_o be_v not_o any_o duty_n to_o which_o providence_n have_v not_o annex_v a_o blessing_n not_o any_o institution_n of_o heaven_n which_o even_o in_o this_o life_n we_o may_v not_o be_v the_o better_a for_o not_o any_o temptation_n either_o of_o fortune_n or_o of_o appetite_n that_o be_v not_o subject_v to_o our_o reason_n nor_o any_o passion_n or_o affliction_n for_o which_o virtue_n have_v not_o provide_v a_o remedy_n so_o that_o it_o be_v our_o own_o fault_n if_o we_o either_o fear_v or_o hope_v for_o any_o thing_n which_o two_o affection_n be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o our_o misery_n from_o this_o general_a prospect_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o our_o tranquillity_n we_o shall_v pass_v by_o degree_n to_o a_o particular_a consideration_n of_o the_o mean_n by_o which_o it_o may_v be_v procure_v and_o of_o the_o impediment_n that_o obstruct_v it_o beginning_n with_o that_o philosophy_n which_o principal_o regard_v our_o manner_n and_o instruct_v we_o in_o the_o measure_n of_o a_o virtuous_a and_o a_o quiet_a life_n rational_a philosophy_n be_v divide_v into_o moral_n natural_a and_o rational_a the_o first_o concern_v our_o manner_n the_o second_o search_v the_o work_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o three_o furnish_v we_o with_o propriety_n of_o word_n and_o argument_n and_o the_o faculty_n of_o distinguish_v that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v impose_v upon_o with_o trick_n and_o fallacy_n the_o cause_n of_o thing_n
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little_a i_o have_v even_o as_o good_a have_v be_v without_o it_o if_o he_o have_v not_o give_v it_o to_o i_o he_o must_v have_v give_v it_o to_o some_o body_n else_o it_o be_v nothing_o out_o of_o his_o own_o pocket_n nay_o we_o be_v so_o ungrateful_a that_o he_o that_o give_v we_o all_o we_o have_v if_o he_o leave_v any_o thing_n to_o himself_o we_o reckon_v that_o he_o do_v we_o a_o injury_n it_o cost_v julius_n caesar_n his_o life_n the_o disappointment_n of_o his_o unsatiable_a companion_n and_o yet_o he_o reserve_v nothing_o of_o all_o that_o he_o get_v to_o himself_o but_o the_o liberty_n of_o dispose_v it_o there_o be_v no_o benefit_n so_o large_a but_o malignity_n will_v still_o lessen_v it_o none_o so_o narrow_a which_o a_o good_a interpretation_n will_v not_o enlarge_v no_o man_n shall_v ever_o be_v grateful_a that_o view_v a_o benefit_n on_o the_o wrong_a side_n or_o take_v a_o good_a office_n by_o the_o wrong_n handle_v the_o avaritious_a man_n be_v natural_o ungrateful_a for_o he_o never_o think_v he_o have_v enough_o but_o without_o consider_v what_o he_o have_v only_a mind_n what_o he_o covet_v some_o pretend_v want_n of_o power_n to_o make_v a_o competent_a return_n and_o you_o shall_v find_v in_o other_o a_o kind_n of_o graceless_a modesty_n that_o make_v a_o man_n ashamed_a of_o requite_v a_o obligation_n because_o it_o be_v a_o confession_n that_o he_o have_v receive_v one_o diabolical_a not_o to_o return_v one_o good_a office_n for_o another_o be_v inhuman_a but_o to_o return_v evil_a for_o good_a be_v diabolical_a there_o be_v too_o many_o even_a of_o this_o sort_n who_o the_o more_o they_o owe_v the_o more_o they_o hate_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o dangerous_a than_o to_o oblige_v those_o people_n for_o when_o they_o be_v conscious_a of_o not_o pay_v the_o debt_n they_o wish_v the_o creditor_n out_o of_o the_o way_n it_o be_v a_o mortal_a hatred_n that_o which_o arise_v from_o the_o shame_n of_o a_o abuse_a benefit_n when_o we_o be_v on_o the_o ask_v side_n what_o a_o deal_n of_o cringe_v there_o be_v and_o profession_n well_o i_o shall_v never_o forget_v this_o favour_n it_o will_v be_v a_o eternal_a obligation_n to_o i_o but_o within_o a_o while_n the_o note_n be_v change_v and_o we_o hear_v no_o more_o word_n on_o it_o till_o by_o little_a and_o little_a it_o be_v all_o quite_o forget_v so_o long_o as_o we_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o benefit_n there_o be_v nothing_o dear_a to_o we_o nor_o any_o thing_n cheap_a when_o we_o have_v receive_v it_o and_o yet_o a_o man_n may_v as_o well_o refuse_v to_o deliver_v up_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n that_o be_v leave_v he_o in_o trust_n without_o a_o a_o suit_n as_o not_o to_o return_v a_o good_a office_n without_o
ask_v and_o when_o we_o have_v no_o value_n any_o further_a for_o the_o benefit_n we_o do_v common_o care_v as_o little_a for_o the_o author_n people_z follow_v their_o interest_n one_o man_n be_v grateful_a for_o his_o convenience_n and_o another_o man_n be_v ungrateful_a for_o the_o same_o reason_n men._n some_z be_v ungrateful_a to_o their_o country_n and_o their_o own_o country_n no_o less_o ungrateful_a to_o other_o so_o that_o the_o complaint_n of_o ingratitude_n reach_v all_o men._n do_v not_o the_o son_n wish_v for_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n the_o husband_n for_o that_o of_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n but_o who_o can_v look_v for_o gratitude_n in_o a_o age_n of_o so_o many_o gape_v and_o crave_v appetite_n where_o all_o people_n take_v and_o none_o give_v in_o a_o age_n of_o licence_n to_o all_o sort_n of_o vanity_n and_o wickedness_n as_o lust_n gluttony_n avarice_n envy_n ambition_n sloth_n insolence_n levity_n contumacy_n fear_v rashness_n private_a discord_n and_o 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 if_o ingratitude_n be_v to_o be_v punish_v by_o a_o law_n it_o will_v discredit_v the_o obligation_n for_o a_o benefit_n be_v to_o be_v give_v not_o lend_v and_o if_o we_o have_v no_o return_n at_o all_o there_o be_v no_o just_a cause_n of_o complaint_n for_o gratitude_n be_v no_o virtue_n if_o there_o be_v any_o danger_n in_o be_v ungrateful_a there_o be_v halter_n i_o know_v hook_n and_o gibbet_n provide_v for_o homicide_n poison_n sacrilege_n and_o rebellion_n but_o ingratitude_n here_o upon_o earth_n be_v only_o punish_v in_o the_o school_n all_o further_a pain_n and_o infliction_n be_v whole_o remit_v to_o divine_a justice_n and_o if_o a_o man_n may_v judge_v of_o the_o conscience_n by_o the_o countenance_n the_o ungrateful_a man_n be_v never_o without_o a_o canker_n at_o his_o heart_n his_o minâ—…_n and_o aspect_n be_v sad_a and_o solicitous_a whereas_o the_o other_o be_v always_o cheerful_a and_o serene_a as_o there_o ingratitude_n be_v no_o law_n extant_a against_o 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
fall_v under_o natural_a philosophy_n argument_n under_o rational_a and_o action_n under_o moral_a moral_a philosophy_n be_v again_o divide_v into_o matter_n of_o justice_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o estimation_n of_o thing_n and_o of_o man_n and_o into_o affection_n and_o action_n and_o a_o fail_v in_o any_o one_o of_o these_o disorder_v all_o the_o rest_n for_o what_o do_v it_o profit_v we_o to_o know_v the_o true_a value_n of_o thing_n if_o we_o be_v transport_v by_o our_o passion_n or_o to_o master_n our_o appetite_n without_o understand_v the_o when_o the_o what_o the_o how_o and_o other_o circumstance_n of_o our_o proceed_n for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o know_v the_o rate_n and_o dignity_n of_o thing_n and_o another_o to_o know_v the_o little_a nick_n and_o spring_n of_o act_v natural_a philosophy_n be_v conversant_a about_o thing_n corporeal_a and_o incorporeal_a the_o disquisition_n of_o cause_n and_o effect_n and_o the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o cause_n rational_a philosophy_n be_v divide_v into_o logic_n and_o rhetoric_n the_o one_o look_n after_o word_n sense_n and_o order_n the_o other_o treat_v bare_o of_o word_n and_o the_o signification_n of_o they_o socrates_n place_n all_o philosophy_n in_o moral_n and_o wisdom_n in_o the_o distinguish_n of_o good_a and_o evil._n it_o be_v the_o art_n and_o law_n of_o life_n and_o it_o teach_v we_o what_o to_o do_v in_o all_o case_n and_o like_o good_a markes-man_n to_o hit_v the_o white_a at_o any_o distance_n the_o force_n of_o it_o be_v incredible_a for_o it_o give_v we_o in_o the_o weakness_n of_o a_o man_n the_o security_n of_o a_o spirit_n in_o sickness_n it_o be_v as_o good_a as_o a_o remedy_n to_o we_o for_o whatsoever_o ease_v the_o mind_n be_v profitable_a also_o to_o the_o body_n the_o physician_n may_v prescribe_v diet_n and_o exercise_n and_o accommodate_v his_o rule_n and_o medicine_n to_o the_o disease_n but_o it_o be_v philosophy_n that_o must_v bring_v we_o to_o a_o contempt_n 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very_a good_a husband_n without_o be_v a_o sloven_n he_o that_o stears_n a_o middle_a course_n betwixt_o virtue_n and_o popularity_n that_o be_v to_o say_v betwixt_o good_a manner_n and_o discretion_n shall_v gain_v both_o approbation_n and_o reverence_n but_o what_o if_o a_o man_n govern_v himself_o in_o his_o clothes_n in_o his_o diet_n in_o his_o exercise_n as_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v it_o be_v not_o that_o his_o garment_n his_o meat_n and_o drink_v or_o his_o walk_n be_v thing_n simple_o good_a but_o it_o be_v the_o tenor_n of_o a_o man_n life_n and_o the_o conformity_n of_o it_o to_o right_a nature_n and_o reason_n philosophy_n oblige_v we_o to_o humanity_n society_n and_o the_o ordinary_a use_n of_o external_n thing_n it_o be_v not_o a_o thing_n to_o please_v the_o people_n with_o or_o to_o entertain_v a_o idle_a hour_n but_o a_o study_n for_o the_o form_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o guidance_n of_o humane_a life_n and_o a_o wise_a man_n shall_v also_o live_v as_o he_o 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