Slowly he speaks, and with such solemn air,
You'd think a Socrates or Solon there,
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For though a Christian, he's disposed to draw
His rules from reason's and from nature's law.
"Know," he exclaims, "my fellow mortals, know,
Virtue alone is happiness below;
And what is virtue? Prudence, first to choose
Life's real good—the evil to refuse;
Add justice then, the eager hand to hold,