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Eloquence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the mistress of the universe: it comforts the afflicted, frees the frightened from fear, and bound men by law into civil society out of a wild and savage life.

Epicureanism (n.) judges ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what is best by the palate and never looks up to the "palace of heaven."

Fluency (n.) washes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠away the caviller's censures, as running streams stay clean while standing waters grow corrupt.

Sect (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reading and relishing only your own school's books and condemning all others unread.