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Sect。XXXIV。 SINCEVirtuousActionshavetheirownTrumpets，andwithoutanynoisefromthyselfwillhavetheirresoundabroad；busynotthybestMemberintheEncomiumofthyselfPraiseisadebtweoweuntotheVirtuesofothers，&；dueuntoourownfromall，whomMalicehathnotmadeMutes，orEnvystruckDumb。Fallnothoweverintothecommonprevaricatingwayofselfcommendationandboasting，bydenotingtheimperfectionsofothers。Hewhodiscommendethothersobliquelycommendethhimself。HewhowhisperstheirinfirmitiesproclaimshisownExemptionfromthem，andconsequentlysays，IamnotasthisPublican，orHicNiger*，whomItalkof。Openostentationandloudvaingloryismoretolerablethanthisobliquity，asbutcontainingsomeFroath，noInk，asbutconsistingofapersonalpieceoffolly，norcomplicatedwithuncharitableness。 Superfluouslyweseekaprecariousapplauseabroad：everygoodManhathhisplauditewithinhimself；andthoughhisTonguebesilent，isnotwithoutloudCymbalsinhisBreast。ConsciencewillbecomehisPanegyrist，andneverforgettocrownandextolhimuntohimself。*HicNigerest，hunctuRomanecaveto。Horace。 Sect。XXXV。 BLESSnotthyselfonlythatthouwertborninAthens*；butamongthymultiplyedacknowledgmentsliftuponehanduntoHeaven，thatthouwertbornofHonestParents，thatModesty，Humility，Patience，andVeracitylayinthesameEgg，andcameintotheWorldwiththee。Fromsuchfoundationsthoumay’stbeHappyinaVirtuousprecocity，andmakeanearlyandlongwalkinGoodness；somay’stthoumorenaturallyfeelthecontrarietyofViceuntoNature，&；resistsomebytheAntidoteofthyTemper。AsCharitycovers，soModestypreventethamultitudeofsins；withholdingfromnoondayVicesandbrazen—brow’dIniquities，fromsinningonthehousetop，&；paintingourfollieswiththeraysoftheSun。WherethisVirtuereigneth，thoughVicemayshowitsHead，itcannotbeinitsGlory：whereshameofsinsets，looknotforVirtuetoarise；forwhenModestytakethWing，Astraea**goessoonafter。*AsSocratesdid。AthensaplaceofLearningandCivility。 **AstraeaGoddessofJusticeandconsequentlyofallVirtue。 Sect。XXXVI。 THEHeroicalveinofMankindrunsmuchintheSouldiery，&；couragiouspartoftheWorld；andinthatformweoftenestfindMenaboveMen。HistoryisfullofthegallantryofthatTribe；andwhenwereadtheirnotableActs，weeasilyfindwhatadifferencethereisbetweenaLifeinPlutarck&；inLaë；rtius。 WheretrueFortitudedwells，Loyalty，Bounty，Friendship，andFidelity，maybefound。Amanmayconfideinpersonsconstitutedfornobleends，whodaredoandsuffer，andwhohaveaHandtoburnfortheirCountryandtheirFriend。SmallandcreepingthingsaretheproductofpettySouls。 Heisliketobemistaken，whomakeschoiceofacovetousManforaFriend，orreliethupontheReedofnarrow&；poltronFriendship。PityfulthingsareonlytobefondinthecottagesofsuchBreasts；butbrightThoughts，clearDeeds，Constancy，Fidelity，Bounty，andgenerousHonestyaretheGemsofnobleMinds；wherein，toderogatefromnone，thetrueHeroickEnglishGentlemanhathnoPeer。 ChristianMorals，PartIIChristianMorals，PartIII