Thus, by disposing of objections, we make our ground secure.
II To the name of prudence the most imprudent people frequently appeal.
Those whose one effort is to evade difficulties, who to cover their weakness plead patience, would be well advised to consider how men passionately in earnest, enraged by these evasions, pour their scorn on patience as a thing to shun.

The plea does not succeed; it only for the moment damages the prestige of a great name.

Patience is not a virtue of the weak but of the strong.

An objector says: "Of course, all this is right in the abstract, but consider the frightful abuses in practice," and some apt replies spring to mind.

Dr.Murray, writing on "Mental Reservation," in his _Essays, chiefly Theological_, speaks thus: "But it is no objection to any principle of morals to say that unscrupulous men will abuse it, or that, if publicly preached to such and such an audience or in such and such circumstances, it will lead to mischief." This is admirable, to which the objector can only give some helpless repetitions.