heaven or personal immortality is human virtue, but it is not unmixed with self, and not emancipated from sorrow. In the transcendent virtues all is good, and good is all, and there is no personal or ulterior aim. Human virtue is imperfect; it is mixed with the baser, selfish elements, and needs to be transmuted. Divine virtue is unblemished, pure; it is complete and perfect in itself.
And what are the transcendent virtues that embody all felicity? They are:
Impartiality; the seeing so deeply into the human heart, and into human actions, that it becomes impossible to take sides with one man or one party against another, and therefore the power to be perfectly just.
Unlimited Kindness towards all men and all creatures, whether enemies or friends.
Perfect Patience at all times, in all circumstances, and under the severest trials.
Profound Humility; the total abnegation of self; the judging of one’s own actions as though they were the actions of another.
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