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It is easy to be virtuous when it costs little, and much easier when it is advantageous. Greed and conscience have been battling ever for the mastery. That conscience wins in the end is a tribute to the better elements of human nature, and that interest can blind and sophistry mislead for generations teaches humility and distrust of ourselves.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
It is easy to be virtuous when it costs little, and much easier when it is advantageous. Greed and conscience have been battling ever for the mastery. That conscience wins in the end is a tribute to the better elements of human nature, and that interest can blind and sophistry mislead for generations teaches humility and distrust of ourselves.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
30 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
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