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607 triply good for three, a thousand times for a thousand, and so on."

One must be careful not to lay too much stress upon these statements. Virtue is never justified, in More's view, by the happiness which it brings to the world in general. Everything is viewed from the standpoint of the individual. In the catalogue of the virtues no specific place is given to benevolence, and the only provision for it is under the ancient headings of Liberality and Humanity. To suppose that in such a system all virtue is referred to benevolence is absurd. In fact, it is evident that the system cannot be classified; and, after making the attempt, one is tempted to improve on a familiar Biblical maxim, and to beg people not to put old wine in new bottles.