Virtue Personified

Dr. Blair once thus apostrophised virtue: "O Virtue, if thou wert embodied, how all men would love thee!"

His colleague, Dr. Walker, the same day rejoined as follows: "Virtue has been embodied. Did all men love her? No; she was despised and rejected of men, who, after defaming, insulting, and scourging her, led her to Calvary, where they crucified her between two thieves."