Part 144

Venice, the Jesuits and, 283

Vespasian, persecution of, 127

---- miracles of, 271

Vices, why we are indulgent to the, of the great, 74

---- certain, have hold on us only by means of others, 77

Victory pleases less than strife, why, 39

Virgin birth, weakness of the argument against the, 223

Virtue may be excessive, 30

---- is the result of two opposite vices in counterpoise, 30

Vocations, 59

War, why men seek, 34

---- internecine, in man, between the reason and his passions, 55

---- civil, is the worst of evils, 63, 70

---- decided by an interested party, 66

Weakness of man, 28, 66

---- ---- cause of so many esteemed beauties, 72

---- unrest, and defects of man, 73

Weariness of Jesus, 232

---- inevitable in all conditions, 35

---- is man's most sensible evil and his greatest good, 39

---- arises from loss of occupation, 40

Well dressed, not altogether foolish to be, 70

Wicked, the, reasoning of, in the Book of Wisdom, 240

---- prove the corruption of human nature by their conduct, 191

---- who profess to follow reason, 211

Will, difference between the actions of the, and other actions, 129

---- is depraved in wishing for the love of others, 239

---- self, we must renounce it in order to be happy, 240