&quot;From whence we may learn that to perform a meritorious Action, it is not sufficient barely to conquer a Passion, unless it likewise be done from a laudable Principle, and consequently how necessary that Clause was in the Definition of Virtue, that our Endeavours were to proceed from a rational Ambition of being Good.&quot;
An Essay on Charity, and Charity-Schools [from The Fable of the Bees]
16 entries in ESTC for <u>The Fable of the Bees</u> (1714, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1728, 1729, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1740, 1750, 1755, 1755, 1772, 1795).<br>
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1st edition of <u>The Fable of the Bees</u> published in 1714, 2nd edition in 1723 (with additions, essays "On Charity Schools" and "Nature of Society"). Part II, first published in 1729. Kaye's text based on 6th edition of 1732.<br>
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See <u>The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits. The Second Edition, Enlarged With Many Additions. As Also an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools. And a Search Into the Nature of Society.</u> (London: Printed for Edmund Parker at the Bible and Crown in Lomb-rd-Street, 1723). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T77713">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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See also Bernard Mandeville, <u>The Fable of the Bees</u>, ed. F.B. Kaye, 2 vols. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1988). Orig. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. Reading first volume in Liberty Fund paperback; also searching online ed. &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/LFBooks/Mandeville0162/FableOfBees/0014-01_Bk.html#hd_lf14v1.head.037">Link to OLL</a>&gt;<br>
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I am also working with another print edition: <u>The Fable of the Bees</u>, ed. F. B. Kaye, 2 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957). 