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Page 179
... courage and cowardice be the same thing ? How empty these self - conceited but shallow ranters are is evident by their short and narrow measures . They place all gal- lantry and worth in valour ; all the virtue of a man they think ...
... courage and cowardice be the same thing ? How empty these self - conceited but shallow ranters are is evident by their short and narrow measures . They place all gal- lantry and worth in valour ; all the virtue of a man they think ...
Page 180
... courage holdeth virtuous actions at such a price that death , imprisonment , famine , dishonour , poverty , shame , indignation , all allurements and temptations are nothing , com- pared to the performance of heroic deeds . He exceedeth ...
... courage holdeth virtuous actions at such a price that death , imprisonment , famine , dishonour , poverty , shame , indignation , all allurements and temptations are nothing , com- pared to the performance of heroic deeds . He exceedeth ...
Page 183
... courage in the root made more glorious by a person's exposure and abasement . In the fruit and exercise it is otherwise to be considered . Where there is no evil to be endured , or no strength to be resisted , there can be no courage or ...
... courage in the root made more glorious by a person's exposure and abasement . In the fruit and exercise it is otherwise to be considered . Where there is no evil to be endured , or no strength to be resisted , there can be no courage or ...
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