General Prologue: Human Dishonesty, Stupidity And Virtue

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He doesn't run to London to earn easy bread By singing masses for the wealthy dead, Or find some Brotherhood and get enrolled. He stayed at home and watched over his fold So that no wolf should make the sheep miscarry. (p.16) Parson is seen as an ideal priest, and his actions describe the real meaning of what charity is...
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(p.16) Parson is seen as an ideal priest, and his actions describe the real meaning of what charity is. He is "virtuous," "Never contemptuous" toward sinners, "never disdainful," and "discreet."(p.17) Getting people to Heaven is his main goal, not their money or his own advancement...
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