Excerpt from Tully's Three Books of Offices, in English: With Notes, Explaining the Method and Meaning of the Author A 3before knowledge, fortitude, 810; when taken together, make up of'fionestum; and when taken separately, are so many branches or distinct members of it. Seeing something, else beside virtue or' honesty is necessarily requisite, or at least useful and convenient for our well-being here; such as and eonvemences of life, viz; honour, success ln business, film. Which are, all comprehended under the notion of thegwordprofit: therefore in the second book he endeavours. To shew how these are to be obtained and having, made it appear, that all the advantages men enjoy, and the evils they endure, are prmm pally owing to men themselves; from thence he' the way whereby we may obtain the latter, is to procure the endeavours of men on our side, so as to have them ready to assist us upon occasion. 'this he shews can be done no other, way, than by performing those duties which honesty requires of us viz. By, prudence and wisdom, by justice and integrity in pur words and actions, whereby men are drawn to. In us; (where pretending and any lasting ho eneficence, courtesy and men a love' and affection us: and lastly, by fortitude, contempt of which are virtues that draw men to wonder and admiration, and make them think us persons that really deserve to be promoted. 'but because riches, honours, power, and the like, which seem to be a' profit, and advantage to with virtue and duty, therefore in the; third' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.