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Of false encountring formidable things;
But a true science of distinguishing
What's good or evil. It springs out of reason,
And intends to perfect honesty; the scope
Is always honour, and the public good, &c.[1]
This is the valour, to which Macbeth's claim can never justly be disputed.
Mr. Whateley and Mr. Steevens have entirely overlooked the essential difference there is betweeq the fear of doing wrong, and the fear of external
- ↑ The New Inn. Com. Act iv. Sc. 3. Vol. v.' p. 413. Ben Jonson's Works. 9 vol. 8vo. 1816. Edited by William Gifford, Esq.—by whose learned and generous labours Old Ben's forgotten works and injured character are restored to the merited admiration and esteem of the world.
