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Moral character is —

1. Man's only real property.

2. The only measure of man's real worth.

3. The only earthly product man will bear to another world.

4. The source whence springs lasting weal or woe.

I. It is a vital source of action.

II. It is either radically corrupt or good.

III. When corrupt, generally disguised.

IV. When disguised, may, and should be detected.

(Dr. Thomas.)

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KJV: For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

WEB: For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.