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[... the] common proverb: “Whosoever envieth, is himself first scorched.” Therefore, O well-disposed children, from childhood be ever zealous for the good, so that in adulthood you may be cultivated and virtuous; and, by performing a deed profitable and worthy of remembrance, you may possess a good name from generation to generation. Wherefore the holy Apostle saith: “Be zealous for the gifts that are better” (I Cor. 12:31).

CHAPTER X. Love of [One's] Nation.

Love of nation [patriotism] is so fair and honorable a virtue that it comprehendeth within itself all other moral virtues. For the other virtues set themselves against particular vices and rectify their disorders; whereas this [virtue] reformeth every manner of vice and disorder. It is like unto so noble and mighty a place, which all...