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VGW(RI.773.066
19 Aug 1773:11 (380)
Curst be the tongue that slander deals about,
Whether it forges or retails it out,
Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear,
Or from the soft-eye'd virgin steals a tear. [signed] Pope.
[1/2 column essay on slander follows, ending with:]
Instead of meanly attempting to build upon the ruin of
another's character, they would then become sensible of the
irreparable evils flowing from defamation, and cry out with
Jago, in Shakespear,
He who filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
But makes me poor indeed!
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