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Observations on a Late "Epitaph" - 6

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is certain, and rests within the Compass of my own Knowledge, that instead of inriching himself, he has spent Thousands of his own private Estate in the Service of this Province.

And shall a Reptile, who was introduced and raised up by this very Gentleman to the Ear of Men in Power; shall he like a Toad, by the pestilential Fumes of his virulent Slabber, blast the Flame of a PATRIOT? Is the Reputation of the chastest Matron, or the most spotless Virgin, secure from the malevolence of such on execrable Scribler?

If the love of Praise, and a fair Character, (next to the Testimony of a good Conscience) be that which many of the wisest and best of Men propose as the great Reward of the most public-spirited Actions: How cursed must the Man be, who thro’ the Depravity of his Heart, would wantonly deprive another of that on which he sets so high a Value?

“He who steals my Purse, steals Trash;
‘Twas mine ‘tis his, and has been Slave to Thousands;
But he who filches from me my good Name,
Robs me of that, which not inriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.”

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  1. Observations on a Late "Epitaph" - 6