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Is Being Sick Virtuous?

A while back I was sitting in a hospital waiting room, surrounded by all sorts of invalids.  The man to my right, probably in his early fifties, was clearly in back pain. When called, he gingerly rose in such a manner it was excruciating just to watch. The elderly woman behind him somehow held her