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[18] The two aspects under which Virtue may be considered as

claiming the allegiance of moral agents are, that of being right,

and that of being truly expedient, because Conscience and

Reasonable Self-Love are the two Principles of our moral

constitution naturally supreme and "Conscience and Self-Love, if

we understand our true happiness, always lead us the same way."

Bishop Butler, end of Sermon III.

And again:

"If by a sense of interest is meant a practical regard to what is

upon the whole our Happiness this is not only coincident with the

principle of Virtue or Moral Rectitude, but is a part of the idea

itself. And it is evident this Reasonable Self-Love wants to be

improved as really as any principle in our nature. So little

cause is there for Moralists to disclaim this principle." From

the note on sect. iv. of the chapter on Moral Discipline,

Analogy, part I chap. v.

[19] See the note on [Greek: Arche] on page 4, l. 30.