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Loyalty: The Good, the Bad, and the Mixed Bag

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Loyalty: The Good, the Bad, and the Mixed Bag
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Jeff Minick
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As a virtue, loyalty is a double-edged sword.
When we defend a son falsely accused of cheating on an exam, when we stick by a spouse who through a series of blunders has gotten us deeply into debt, we are acting with an admirable largesse of the soul. Such loyalty is a commendable virtue.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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