natural virtues
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They had faults, great ones if you please; at the same time they knew them to be faults, and they had the natural virtues in greater or less degrees.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
As the girl grew up in her father's house, her natural virtues grew too: beauty, charm, and modesty.
From Twenty-Two Goblins by Arthur William Ryder
God does not bestow a supernatural reward upon the natural gifts, or even upon the natural virtues, which are to be found among pagans as well as among Christians.
From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux
In the deepest midnight of superstition some natural virtues, like stars, have been visible in the heavens.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
With all, moreover, Father Hecker insisted on the practice of the natural virtues, honesty, temperance, truthfulness, kindliness. courage, and manliness generally, as preceding any practical move towards the higher life.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
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