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'* call Poverty and Diftrefs : They don't look 

 *' for Great Men at the Head of Armies, 

 " or amongft the Pomps of a Court ^ but 

 *^ often find them out in the Shades and 

 " Solitudes, and in the By-paths of Life : 

 " The Evening's Walk of a Wife Man is 

 " more illuftrious in their Sight, than the 

 " March of a General at the Head of 

 " a Hundred thoufand Men : A Contem- 

 " plation on God's Works, a voluntary Aft 

 *' of Juftice to our own Detriment, a gene- 

 ", rous Concern for the Good of Mankind, 

 *' Tears flied in filence for the Mifery of 

 " Others, a private Defire of Refentraent 

 " broken and fubdu'd, in ftiort, an unfeign- 

 '^ ed Exercife of Humility or any other 

 ^ Virtue, are fuch Aftions as are Glorious 

 *' in their Sight, and denominate Men Great 

 '' and Reputable. 



Neither can it be fuppos'd that thefe Di- 

 vine Thoughts and Adions tend to enervate 

 or enfeeble the Mind, or ( as it is by the 

 |ame Author exprefs'd ) " to footh it into 

 ^ a deep Melancholy, and deprefs it from 

 *^ Afliions truly Glorious, fince (as he adds) 

 " Titles and Honours are the Rewards of 

 ^l the Virtuous 5 on the contrary, it cools 

 "the Head, and ftrengthens the Heart and 

 V Hands of the Valiant, and makes Conduft 

 " and Courage triumph over the irregular 

 " Paffions and Adions of Mankind 5 gives 

 " them fo true a relifli of Heroifm and 

 " Valour, that upon all emergent Occafions 



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