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FAMILIAR QAHDEN FIOIVESS. 



gardener, Sir William Temple, who, in an " Essay on 

 Government," written at a time wlien good government 

 was mnch wanted, spoke as follows : — ''' Goodness is that 

 which makes men prefer their duty and their promise 

 before their passions or their interest, and is properly the 

 object of trust; in our language it goes rather by the name 

 of Honesty, though what we call an honest man the 

 Romans called a good man ; and honesty in their language, 

 as well as in French, rather signifies a composition of those 

 qualities which generally acquire honour and esteem to 

 those who possess them/ 



