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II From want of Courage.
No courage without Benev [Benevolence] – truth
– honesty, & frankness.

Sin is underhand & cowardly – it
works in secret best.

Makes one traitor to himself.
{"The thief doth fear each bush an officer"
Dr. Webster & his dissimulation – & covert deeds.
Belshazzar at the feast –.}

No consc. [conscience] to fall back on – or God – to
Sustain – must keep on by new excitements.
Dares not review the past – dares not
contemplate the future – dares not
think at all – dares not look on
its own doings except in one light.

Dares nothing except when bribed –
or goaded on by passion. Is ever mean
& mercenary, & shallow.