His own biography provided a stirring example of the virtues of mental husbandry.
The opening story, "Babies," is a fine example of the virtues of inspiration.
If the fables of Jean de La Fontaine are among France's greatest cultural treasures, forming the minds of countless children, Mr. Hollande is a fine example of the virtues of the tortoise, not the hare; the ant, not the grasshopper.
It also encourages innovation because it spreads information, extends professional networks and encourages cross-fertilisation.An obvious example of the virtues of mobility is California: the home of Silicon Valley and Hollywood has been more reluctant than any other state to recognise non-competes and other restrictions on the tide of talent.
For much of the 20th Century Western Europe and the United States have stood as examples of the virtues of democracy, universal human rights, and humanitarianism, but they have turned their backs on those principles for which they stood.
IT IS a fair bet that in churches all over the world, sermons are being preached today about Nelson Mandela as an example of the Christian virtue of forgiveness.
Her new book, "Dread," is a good example of both the virtues and the limitations of her work.
The difficulty was resolved when he came to realize that Churchill was a perfect example of that virtue.
In his debut as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Carson told agency employees about the virtues of the "can-do" American society and used "immigrants" who "came here in the bottom of slave ships" as the examples of that virtue.
On the other hand, if courage is defined narrowly, for example, as the virtue of a warrior who faces the threat of death in battle (as suggested by Aristotle), then there may be little disagreement about the scope of the concept, but considerable disagreement about whether courage so-defined should be valued (pacifists would say no).
