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18. THE PALLIATION OF VULGARITY.

1. When the great Reason is obliterated, we have benevolence and justice. Prudence and circumspection appear, and we have much hypocrisy.

2. When family relations no longer harmonize, we have filial piety and paternal p. 85 devotion. When the country and the clans decay through disorder, we have loyalty and allegiance.


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