Four-Square

or

The Cardinal Virtues

addressed to young men, by

Joseph Rickaby, S.J.

"That tower of strength
that stood four-square to all the winds that blew."
-- Tennyson.

Joseph F. Wagner

New York

1908

Cum Permissu Superiorum

Nihil Obstat
REMIGIUS LAFORT, S. T. L.
Censor Librorum

Imprimatur
+ JOHN M. FARLEY, D. D.
Archbishop of New York

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 8, 1908

Copyright, 1908, by JOSEPH F. WAGNER, New York

Preface These Addresses have appeared in the HOMILETIC MONTHLY. They are written rather with an eye to scientific accuracy than to unction, eloquence and rhetoric: for surely conduct is a matter of science.   Contents I. Virtue in General II. The Cardinal Virtues III. Prudence IV. Temperance V. Human Acts VI. Of Fortitude VII. Of Justice VIII. Justice and Charity IX. The Virtue of Religion X. Truthfulness, Gratitude, Obedience XI. Magnanimity and Humility XII. Infused Virtues