the World which judges of Matters by the Rule of Right will condemn me. Fitneſs is governed by the Nature of Things, and not by Cuſtoms, Forms, or municipal Laws. Nothing is, indeed, unfit which is not unnatural.’ ‘Well reaſoned, old Boy,’ anſwered Jones; ‘but why doſt thou think I ſhould deſire to expoſe thee? I promiſe thee, I was never better pleaſed with thee in my Life; and unleſs thou haſt a Mind to diſcover it thyſelf, this Affair may remain a profound Secret for me.’ ‘Nay, Mr. Jones,’ replied Square, ‘I would not be thought to undervalue Reputation. Good Fame is a Species of the Kalon and it is by no means fitting to neglect it. Beſides to murder one’s own Reputation, is a kind of Suicide, a deteſtable and odious Vice. If you think proper, therefore, to conceal any Infirmity of mine; (for ſuch I may have, ſince no Man is perfectly perfect;) I promiſe you I will not betray myſelf. Things may be fitting to be done, which are not fitting to be boaſted of: for by the perverſe Judgment of the World, That often becomes the Subject of Cenſure, which is, in Truth, not only innocent but laudable.’ ‘Right!’ cries Jones, ‘what can be more innocent than‘the
