Excerpt from Duty and Faith: An Essay on the Relation of Moral Philosophy to Christian Doctrine A celebrated statue by Polycletus, representing a soldier armed with a spear, was called by Greek artists the Canon, or Rule, as being a model of beautiful proportion. To discover such a normal standard of right conduct is the task which we have before us, if we attempt to define the idea of Virtue. It is not enough to draw up a catalogue of particular virtues to be embodied in a perfect man, and of particular vices to be excluded, but to show the several elements of manhood in due proportion and symmetry, like the features of a countenance, or the form of a well-grown body. Merely to say that Virtue is composed of courage, temperance, justice, 8m, is no more than to say that a face is composed of eyes, nose, and mouth. The form of each remains tobe described, and its relation to the rest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.