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this is the virtue of noble minds. It is the associate of integrity, candor, & moral courage. It impels to the search, qualities for the discovery and insured the reception of truth. For him who loves truth, the sacred volume was written. He will see the wisdom of God in every page. Its words will be to him spirit & life. He will never turn elsewhere to find the object of his pursuit. On the other hand, he who hates the truth, does so through the influence of prejudice, which ignorance has riveted upon him; or of pride which truth would abase; or of passion which it would restrain; (((or of iniquity which it would expose; ))) or of fears which he is anxious to repress. But from whatever cause it may proceed, his base affection will first obscure & then extinguish the intellectual light. He will believe whatever may countenance his favorite prepossessions, or license his darling sin, or soothe his misgiving conscience; and he will endeavor to believe nothing more. He will read the Scriptures in vain. He will see

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