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virtues repose upon it, as upon their foundation. Hence the poet* says 
very well: 
“Lowliness is the base of every virtue, 
And he who goes the lowest, builds the safest.” 
Humility, therefore, is justly called the royal road to exaltation. 
Christ Himself, that divine model of all humility, says: “Every one that 
exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted” (Lukexiv. 11). 
“Humility is the eldest-born of virtue, 
And claims the birthright at the throne of Heav’n.” 
— Murphy. 
And another poet, John Webster, says : 
“Heaven’s gates are not so highly arched 
As princes’ palaces; they that enter there 
Must go upon their knees.” 
L-i^Ure. 
A kind of precious stone. “The third (row) a ligure , an agate, and 
an amethyst (Exod. xxviii. 19). 
Justice and Charity. 
(As Distinct Elements of Moral Beauty.) 
a |||$J ORAL beauty,” says Schiller, “comprehends two distinct elements 
lE® equally beautiful, justice and charity.” 
“Justice,” says Cicero, “commands us to have mercy upon all men, 
to consult the interests of the whole human race, to give to every one his 
♦Bailey—Festus, 
