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Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one.
Frances Wright
Frances Wright
Frances Wright
Born: Sep 6, 1795
Died: Dec 13, 1852

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