Up to here, in general, we have mainly stuffed the brain of the young people with a indigestible multitude of varios notions, without thinking about enough of the prime necessity to form their character.
The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work on much more to prevent crime and offenses than to punish them. - African Spir
The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work on much more to prevent crime and offenses than to punish them.
- African Spir
It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice. - African Spir
It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice.
To be effective, morality has to be reasoned (or worked out). To want ("vouloir", Fr.) to repress evil only by coercion, and to obtain morality by a … - African Spir
To be effective, morality has to be reasoned (or worked out). To want ("vouloir", Fr.) to repress evil only by coercion, and to obtain morality by a …
Man is in pursuit of two goals: he is looking for happinesse and, being by essence empty ("étant vide par essence", Fr.), he is trying to fill (or ta… - African Spir
Man is in pursuit of two goals: he is looking for happinesse and, being by essence empty ("étant vide par essence", Fr.), he is trying to fill (or ta…
Nothing is more stimulating and more salutary to (or for) the inner (or inward) development than the exemple of men devoted to the good. It is in the… - African Spir
Nothing is more stimulating and more salutary to (or for) the inner (or inward) development than the exemple of men devoted to the good. It is in the…
If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is not compas… - African Spir
If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is not compas…
The precept to worship God 'in spirit and in truth' recommand to worship him as an inward and moral force, without physical attributes and with no re… - African Spir
The precept to worship God 'in spirit and in truth' recommand to worship him as an inward and moral force, without physical attributes and with no re…
The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer… - African Spir
The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer…
The more gifted by nature is a man, the more is deplorable the abuse that he does by using them to shameful ends. A swindler (or crook) of higher con… - African Spir
The more gifted by nature is a man, the more is deplorable the abuse that he does by using them to shameful ends. A swindler (or crook) of higher con…
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