" But what supreme joy in the victories over vice as well as misery, when, by virtuous example or wise exhortation, our fellow-creatures are taught to govern their passions, reform their vices, and subdue their worst enemies, which inhabit within their own bosoms?"
The Stoic [from Essays Moral and Political]
At least 15 entries in ESTC (1742, 1748,  1753, 1757, 1758, 1760, 1764, 1768, 1770, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1784, 1793, 1800).<br>
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First published in <u>Essays, Moral and Political. Volume II.</u> (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid, near the Cross, by R. Fleming and A. Alison, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T142762">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Past Masters and Online Library of Liberty. Reading <u>Essays, Moral, Political and Literary</u>, rev. ed. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1987). The Liberty Fund editor, Eugene F. Miller, takes the 1777 edition of Hume's essays as his copy text. 