7.  This is what I know upon these points:  and therefore it is that I both am aware and assert that her soul was more noble than those of the East, Job i. 3. according to a better than the ordinary rule of noble or ignoble birth, whose distinctions depend not on blood but on character; nor does it classify those whom it praises or blames according to their families, but as individuals.  But speaking as I do of her excellences among those who know her, let each one join in contributing some particular and aid me in my speech:  for it is impossible for one man to take in every point, however gifted with observation and intelligence.