"for this virtue" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used to introduce an additional point of definition or emphasis, for example: "We should all strive for excellence - for this virtue makes us truly worthy of admiration."
Politics turns nasty The virtues of resignation General discontent Slow train coming Reprints Related items India and Pakistan Hopee among the ruinsJul 19th 2001 Are generals good for you?Jul 12th 2001Pakistan's only reward so far for all this virtue is a flow of credit and rescheduling that has staved off default.
Attempting to obtain a prior for all spectra in a given experiment is not ideal for capturing this virtue.
In a city inhabited by millions of women who came from nowhere to get a piece of the pie for ourselves, this virtue is hard to find.
For Aristotle this virtue can only come about through moral habit and intellectual training.
The state affirms this virtue for its youngest audiences in its schools and textbook materials, as it has done so since the earliest days of the Islamic Republic.
He combined this with disciplined enthusiasm, a taste for the arcane and arresting, a deep and deeply informed love of literature, felicity of quotation and allusion, and most of all an apparently genuine affection for his readers.Were it not for this last virtue, some of the pieces in this collection would not exist, or anyway would not be nearly as good.
So as an author, I can be prepared for this: by virtue of having an audience -- with their many faces, both appreciative and prickly -- therein lies the reward.
Obviously, there will be costs associated with all this virtue, and for some — like the Sunnyvale couples — there will be shoving and pushing.
The character for the virtue of propriety is identical with the one for ritual, reflecting the close connection between this virtue and such practices.
