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Nor is it too much to say, that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence.
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Sumner claims that true virtue is often linked to intelligence and understanding.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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