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... virtue beyond anything that virtue itself could anticipate or withstand . From this it is that tragedy results . The catastrophe of a Macbeth , a Lear , or an Othello is beyond mere moral condemnation . Be- cause not even a man of the ...
... virtue beyond anything that virtue itself could anticipate or withstand . From this it is that tragedy results . The catastrophe of a Macbeth , a Lear , or an Othello is beyond mere moral condemnation . Be- cause not even a man of the ...
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... virtue . Of this fact Lincoln the politician was prudently aware . Yet Lin- coln could have pointed out many other ways in which non- drinkers might , by sympathy , generosity , and kindly acts , aid the cause of reform . Instead he ...
... virtue . Of this fact Lincoln the politician was prudently aware . Yet Lin- coln could have pointed out many other ways in which non- drinkers might , by sympathy , generosity , and kindly acts , aid the cause of reform . Instead he ...
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... virtue to vice and that of continence to incontinence . These antitheses are similar yet differ significantly . A virtuous man acts rightly because he knows what is right and has conquered the passions which would prevent him from ...
... virtue to vice and that of continence to incontinence . These antitheses are similar yet differ significantly . A virtuous man acts rightly because he knows what is right and has conquered the passions which would prevent him from ...
Contents
Slavery | 41 |
Manifest Destiny | 63 |
The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise I | 104 |
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