Excerpt from Duelling Days in the Army Duelling, said that clever, though rather eccentric philosophical writer, Mandeville, the tie of society, and although we are beholden to our frailties for the chief ingredient in it, there has been no virtue, at least (he adds) that I am acquainted with, which has proved half so instrumental to the civilizing of mankind; who, in great societies, would soon degenerate into cruel villains and treacherous slaves, were honour to be removed from among them. About the Publisher Forgotten ...
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Excerpt from Duelling Days in the Army Duelling, said that clever, though rather eccentric philosophical writer, Mandeville, the tie of society, and although we are beholden to our frailties for the chief ingredient in it, there has been no virtue, at least (he adds) that I am acquainted with, which has proved half so instrumental to the civilizing of mankind; who, in great societies, would soon degenerate into cruel villains and treacherous slaves, were honour to be removed from among them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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