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Page 324
... feeling to settle the matter is short and pointed : All experience shows that " moral feelings " are eminently arti- ficial , and the product of culture ; that the most senseless and perni- cious " feelings " can be raised to the utmost ...
... feeling to settle the matter is short and pointed : All experience shows that " moral feelings " are eminently arti- ficial , and the product of culture ; that the most senseless and perni- cious " feelings " can be raised to the utmost ...
Page 335
... feeling and conscience would consent to be selfish and base , even though they should be persuaded that the fool , the dunce or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs . From this verdict of the only ...
... feeling and conscience would consent to be selfish and base , even though they should be persuaded that the fool , the dunce or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs . From this verdict of the only ...
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... feeling is the practical discipline which the character obtains from the occa- sional demand made upon the citizens to exercise , for a time and in their turn , some social function . It is not sufficiently considered how little there ...
... feeling is the practical discipline which the character obtains from the occa- sional demand made upon the citizens to exercise , for a time and in their turn , some social function . It is not sufficiently considered how little there ...
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