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BOOK I.
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Preliminary Considerations.
CII~PTER I~
DEFINITION AND USE OF THE SCIENCE.,
MORAL PInLOSOPiIY, Morality, Eth.
ics, Casuisty, Natural Law, mean all the same thing;
namely, That Science which teaches men their dutl,
ilnd the reos01U of it.
The use of such a study depends upon this, that,
without it, the rules of life, by which men are ordi.
narily governed, oftentimes mislead them, through a
defect either in the rule, or in the application. .
These rules are, the Law of Honour, the Law of
the Land, and the Scriptures.
CHAPTER II.
THE LAW OF HONOUR.
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THE Law of Honour is a system of rules con.
structed by people of fashion, and calculated to fa­
£ilitate their intercou~e witt1 ODe another; and for
!'Io other purpose.
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