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to bring it down, as much as he can, to a levelwith that of the fpeffator.

5. Upon thefe two different efforts are foundedtwo different fets of virtues. Upon the effort of thefpeffator to enter into the fituation of the perfonprincipally concerned, and to raifehisfympatheticemotions to a level with the emotions of the ailor,are founded the gentle, the amiable virtues; thevirtues of candid condefcenfion and indulgenthumanity. Upon the effort of the perfon prin-cipally concerned to lower his own emotions, foas to correfpond as nearly as poffible with thofeof the f'pec'tator, are founded the great, the awful,and refpectible virtues; the virtues of felf-denial,of felf-government, of that command of the paf-fions, which fubjcels all the movements of ournature to what our own dignity and honor, andthe propriety of our own conduit, require.

As a farther illuftration of the foregoing doctrine,Mr. Smith confiders particularly the degrees ofthe different pafhons which are confiftent withpropriety, and endeavours to fliow, that in everycafe, it is decent or indecent to exprefs a paffionftrongly, according as mankind are difpofecl, ornot difpofed to fympathize with it. It is unbe-coming, for example, to exprefs ftrongly any ofthole pafhons which arife from a certain conditionof the body; becaufe other men, who are not inthe fame condition, cannot be expended to fym-