起初只是少数几个人尊重而实行这个美德,但通过教诲和示范的作用,很快也就传播到年轻的一代,而终于成为公众信念的一个组成部分。
As soon as this virtue is honoured and practised by some few men, it spreads through instruction and example to the young, and eventually becomes incorporated in public opinion.
美德来自对公众利益的奉献。
All goodness comes from the devotion to the public interest.
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