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“Gentleness, which belongs to virtue, is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent of sycophants. It removes no just right from fear; it gives up no important truth from flattery; it is, indeed, not only consistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit and a fixed principle in order to give it any real value.”

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Hugh Blair
Hugh Blair

British author born on April 7, 1718, and died on December 27, 1800. Hugh Blair is renowned for his contributions to literature and education, particularly in the Scottish literary and academic circles. more

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