Example: "But if candour be a confounding of the distinctions between sin and holiness, a depreciating of the excellence of the latter, and at the same time a diminishing of the evil of the former; then it must be something openly at variance with the letter and the spirit of revelation.

There are many such as he in Francemen who are really devout, but never sanctimonious, whose candour is a cause of constant astonishment, who are good-natured to excess, and who are more open-hearted than many children.

Candour is a great virtue.

This noble candour of mind was a marked element of his power, and has endeared his memory among scores of sects that too often clash.