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Vice (n.) present ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠anywhere in the universe forces the anthropomorphite to trace it back to the first cause — or carry the chain on to infinity.

Vice (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠common to men, yet they hate a religion that authorizes it.

Vice (n.) speaks ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠another language than enmity: calling a man my rival expresses my situation, calling him vicious or odious asks all my audience to concur — it touches a string to which all mankind have an accord.

Vice (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠virtue were weighed in one ledger by the old historians: Hannibal's tirelessness and prudence balanced by inhuman cruelty and perfidy more than Punic.

Vice (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠incurable in a man born without any relish for virtue: tell him of the pleasures of friendship and he replies they are pleasures for those who can feel them.