Sentence:  ... [T]hoſe young Gentlemen of our Times, who have the ſame Ambition to be diſtinguiſhed for Parts. Wit certainly they have nothing to do with. To give them their Due, they ſoar a Step higher than their Predeceſſors, and may be called Men of Wiſdom and <WSD>Vertù</WSD> (take heed you do not read Virtue). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Knowledge of the fine arts.