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Follow a list of qualities fourteen in number of which he Hume says nobody
can for a moment refuse them the tribute of praise & approbation. Of
these Temperance, Sobriety & Patience are but emanations
from self regarding prudence. Constancy, Perseverance, Forethought
& Considerateness when virtues, are modifications of prudence – but
are not necessarily virtues – nay, they may be vices. Secrecy when
a virtue, belongs to prudence or effective benevolence – while Order,
Insinuation, Address, Presence of Mind, Quickness of Conception,
& Facility of Expression, are for the most part intellectual attributes
and in no wise entitled to be classified either as virtues or vices
except in as far as they are regulated by the will.

Temperance Sobriety is temperance applied to any thing producing intoxication.

Patience may refer either to sensation or to action – it is the non-indication
of suffering equal to the actual suffering – & the more patient
a man is the less is his suffering increased by duration.

Constancy has many meanings – constancy in a bad cause would be
vice – as, in a good cause, it is virtue – it is perseverance in a cause
whether right or wrong – it is perseverance in spite of temptation.
It is vicious, – virtuous, – or neuter. A man constantly eats, drinks
and sleeps – but his eating, drinking & sleeping are not acts of vice nor virtue.

Perseverance imports rather imports continuity of action; – like constancy
it may or may not be virtue. It calls attention into order exercise.

Forethought is imagination applied to future contingent events –
it is necessary to the proper exercise of self regarding prudence.
Its perfection exercise depends on the remoteness & complexity
of the objects towards which it is directed.

Considerateness is the bringing together all the ideas that bear on the a
subject with reference to the end in view – the end constituting
the merit or demerit of the quality.

Secrecy is also a negative quality. It is negative effective benevolence
applied to the case where the disclosure of facts would be prejudicial
to others – it is self-regarding prudence when the disclosure would
be prejudicial to the individual himself. When a secret is committed
to you & the divulging it would do no harm to yourself or others
the divulging it is a breach of contract.

Order is a modification of method – it is the putting things one
after another so that some particular end is answered by the
arrangement. Order is an abstract word which you cannot do
without any more than you can do without the word time –
it is the placing things in a line – it is a compound non-entity
growing out of our ideas of space & time.

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