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To walk with circumspection and steadiness in the right path at an equal distance between the extremes of error ought to be the constant Endeavor of every reasonable being: nor can I think those teachers of moral wisdom

much to be honored as benefactors to mankind who are always enlarging upon the difficulty of our duties and providing rather excuses for vice than incentives to virtue.