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activity, ingenuity & fidelity which are beneficial
or not, according as they are subservient to the
other arewill be magnified to the prejudice of the
former — A man will be applauded for his patience
though it was were exerted in lying in wait for a Booty —
for his intrepidity though manifested in attacking
the dwelling of a peaceable housholder or in defending
himself against the ministers of Justice: For his
activity though employed in seizing the
unwary traveller, for his ingenuity though
displayed in working upon thye sympathetic
feelings of some deluded compassionate benefactor
for his fidelity though employed in screening
his associates in some Enterprize of this mischief,
from the pursuit of the injured.- Those
are qualities which enjoy the highest estimation
in such society, and by their possession that
thirst for sympathy and applause is gratified
of which every man in whatever situation
he is placed is desirous
The probity which is held in honour
in such society is not of intended to be
useful to mankind at large- Its rules
may be strictly observed in the society with in
which it is established and disregarded to the
prejudice of all persons not connected with
that Society The arabs who live by Plunder
are remarkable for their honesty towards
the members of their own tribe.- Thus also
That there is Honour among Thieves has become
proverbial +
—
+ The influence of a man's conduct on the happiness of the
whole race of sensitive Beings must be taken into
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