APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS
If every can possessed everything he wanted, and no one had the power to interfere with such possession ; or if no man desired that which could damage his fellow-man, justice would have no part to play in the universe. To fail in justice, or in benevolence, is to be displeased with one’s self. But happiness is impossible without inward seif approval; and, hence, every man who lias any regard to his own happiness and welfare, will find his best reward in the practice o] every moral duty. * * * * Virtue is undoubtedly benelieient; but the man is to he envied to whom her ways seem - any vise playful. And though she may r.ot talk much about suffering and self-denial, her silence on that topic may he accounted for on the principle < - a va sans dire.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1932, Page 1
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136APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1932, Page 1
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