Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… duel in any person whatsoever had any ground of honour’ ( Ibid. ). 2 . ‘While honour and dignity are the reward of virtue, any lapse of it that may tend to affect the character of gentleman, is punishable by formal expulsion from … a sign of courage and honour but, on the contrary, of shame and dishonour. For Bacon, true honour lies in the rewards of virtue, and no insult can alter this. To oppose duels is to question the ideals of civility and sociability which were … the Point of Honour in this false kind of Courage, has given Occasion to the very Refuse of Mankind, who have neither Virtue nor common Sense, to set up for Men of Honour. 9 Elsewhere, The Spectator argues that : ‘[…] by the Force of a …
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