Quote#Self
Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain…
Quote byJames Waddel Alexander · 1804–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 611..
English (original)
Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain in respect to ourselves, to our fellow men, and to God, as known from reason, conscience, and revelation.
— James Waddel Alexander
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