Quote Check for ‘The Cave and the Light’ by Arthur Herman (2)

Just‧as‧there‧are‧many‧chairs,‧there‧are‧many‧acts‧of‧charity;‧and‧…just‧as‧there‧is‧only‧one‧“real”‧chair,‧its‧ideal‧Form,‧there‧can‧be‧only‧one‧ideal‧standard‧of‧charity,‧by‧which‧we‧measure‧all‧the‧imperfect‧copies.^20‧The‧Forms‧reveal‧to‧us‧what‧a‧true‧equilateral‧triangle‧looks‧like,‧or‧a‧perfect‧game‧of‧tennis,‧or‧a‧perfectly‧turned‧urn,‧so‧that‧we‧can‧judge‧the‧less-than-perfect‧examples‧in‧our‧midst.‧However,‧…they‧also‧teach‧us‧what‧loyalty‧is,‧as‧well‧as‧disloyalty,‧and‧allow‧us‧to‧understand‧the‧true‧nature‧of‧justice‧and‧laws.‧They‧lead‧us‧to‧do‧what‧we‧*know*‧is‧right‧and‧to‧avoid‧doing‧what‧is‧clearly‧wrong—in‧short,‧to‧make‧virtue‧an‧exact‧science.

Explanation

Just‧as‧there‧are‧many‧chairs,‧there‧are‧many‧acts‧of‧charity;‧and‧

…

just‧as‧there‧is‧only‧one‧“real”‧chair,‧its‧ideal‧Form,‧there‧can‧be‧only‧one‧ideal‧standard‧of‧charity,‧by‧which‧we‧measure‧all‧the‧imperfect‧copies.

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20‧The‧Forms‧reveal‧to‧us‧what‧a‧true‧equilateral‧triangle‧looks‧like,‧or‧a‧perfect‧game‧of‧tennis,‧or‧a‧perfectly‧turned‧urn,‧so‧that‧we‧can‧judge‧the‧less-than-perfect‧examples‧in‧our‧midst

.‧However,‧

…

they‧also‧teach‧us‧what‧loyalty‧is,‧as‧well‧as‧disloyalty,‧and‧allow‧us‧to‧understand‧the‧true‧nature‧of‧justice‧and‧laws.‧They‧lead‧us‧to‧do‧what‧we‧

*

know

*

‧is‧right‧and‧to‧avoid‧doing‧what‧is‧clearly‧wrong—in‧short,‧to‧make‧virtue‧an‧exact‧science.

Notes

Checking this for a friend – here’s how you can make this quote perfect: 1. Turn ‘…just’ into ‘[J]ust’. 2. Turn ‘…they’ into ‘[T]hey’. (Those aren’t wrong, I just think it’s more concise that way.) 3. Italicize ‘know’. 4. Remove the footnote indicator and write, either after the quote or in brackets, ‘footnote omitted’.