Theremainingvirtuesthatareclearlyandexclusivelysocial，willbeeasilyseentohavenoindependentmaxims；
theconductinwhichtheyarerespectivelyrealisedbeingmerelythefulfilment，underspecialconditions，oftherulesalreadydiscussed。Weneednot，then，enteruponanexhaustiveexaminationoftheseminorvirtues——foritisnotourobjecttoframeacompleteglossaryofethicalterms——:
butforillustration’ssakeitmaybewelltodiscussoneortwoofthem；
andIwillselectforexaminationLiberalitywithitscognatenotions，partlyonaccountoftheprominencethatithashadintheearlieragesofthought，andpartlybecauseofacertaincomplexityinthefeelingswithwhichitisusuallyregarded。ConsideredasaVirtue，LiberalityseemstobemerelyBenevolence，asexhibitedintheparticularserviceofgivingmoney，beyondthelimitsofstrictdutyascommonlyrecognised——forinsofarasitcanbecalledadutytobeliberal，itisbecauseintheperformanceofthemoreorlessindefinitedutiesenumeratedinchap。iv。wedonotlikeexactnesstobesought；acertainexcessisneedfulifthedutyistobewelldone。Andperhapsinthecaseofthepoorthisgracefulexcessisexcludedbyprudence:forthoughapoormanmightmakeagreatsacrificeinasmallgiftweshouldcallthisgenerousbutscarcelyliberal；Liberalityappearstorequireanexternalabundanceinthegiftevenmorethanaself-sacrificingdisposition。Itseemsthereforetobepossibleonlytotherich:and，asIhavehinted，intheadmirationcommonlyaccordedtoitthereseemstobemingledanelementratheraestheticthanmoral。Forweareallapttoadmirepower，andwerecognisethelatentpowerofwealthgracefullyexhibitedinacertaindegreeofcarelessprofusionwhentheobjectistogivehappinesstoothers。Indeedthevulgaradmirethesamecarelessnessasmanifestedeveninselfishluxury。
ThesphereofLiberality，then，liesgenerallyinthefulfilmentoftheindefinitedutiesofBenevolence。