Besides, when a man undertakes the mission of going round the country, preaching honesty, or temperance, or chastity, he provokes the inquiry whether he is more honest, temperate, or continent than those whom he exhorts.
Mann critiques those who preach virtues while potentially lacking them themselves.
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