In any event, a virtuous man has not been taken as the hero. And it is even possible to say why not. Because it is time, at last, to give the poor virtuous man a rest; because the phrase ‘virtuous man’ comes too readily to our lips; because the virtuous man has been made into a workhorse, and the writer does not exist who has not ridden him, goading him on with a whip and anything else that comes to hand; because the virtuous man has been so worn down that not even a shadow of virtue remains on him, and all that remains of his body are ribs and skin; because appeals to the virtuous man are
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