 I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 25by Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
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...characters in Rasselas what Johnson is to the readers of Rasselas: namely, a man whose virtue has been "exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things shall bring upon it," and who, "by conquering some calamities, and enduring others, [will] teach us what we may hope, and... | |
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