Moral Character ….The
Moral character of a man should be not
only pure but unsuspected. Nothing degrades and vilifies
more; for it
excites and unites detestation and contempt. There are wretches in the
world profligate enough to explode all
notions of
moral good and evil;
to maintain that they are merely local, and depend entirely upon
customs and fashions of different countries. I mean those who affect to
preach and propagate such absurd and infamous notions, without
believing themselves.Do not debate, nor enter into serious
argument, upon a subject so much below it: but content yourself with
telling them, that you know they are not serious; that you have a much
better opinion of them than they would have you have and your are very
sure they would not practice mark upon them, and shun them for ever
afterwards. Defamation and calumny never attack where there is no weak place: they magnify, but they do not create.