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— John Locke"Virtue is everywhere that which is thought praiseworthy; and nothing else but that which has the allowance of public esteem is called virtue."
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The truth is, we never make for others the allowance we make for ourselves; and we should deny even our own words, could we hear them spoken by another.
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Soap is another article in great demand--the Continental allowance is too small, and dear, as every necessary of life is now got, a soldier's pay will not enable him to purchase, by which means his consequent dirtiness adds not a little to the disease of the Army.
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