"Never did any Soul do good, but it came readier to do the same again, with more Enjoyment. Never was Love, or Gratitude, or Bounty practis'd but with increasing Joy, which made the Practiser still more in love with the fair Act."

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Vol. 2, p. 30; "The Moralists, a Philosophical Rhapsody".

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