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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.

Afrikan Spir

An intelligent eveil-doer, having benefited from a higher education, represent a more saddening phenomenon (“phénomène”, Fr.) than an unfortune illiterate fellow having commited an offence.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Benefited Committed Education Illiterate Intelligent Offence Phenomenon Represent Saddening
The military predominace of Sparte. This example proves that man can everything on themselves when they want it (“peuvent tout sur eux-mêmes quand ils le veulent”, Fr.); therefore it would only be a question of making them will the good.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Example Military Predominance Sparte Themselves Therefore
(“Le concept de l’absolu, d’où découlent, dans le domaine moral, les lois ou normes morales, constitue, le principe d’identité, qui est la loi fondamentale de la pensée; il en découle les normes logiques qui régissent la pensée dans le domaine de la science.”)
AFRIKAN SPIR

Concept Constitute Dans Domaine Moral Morales Normes Principle
The principle of identity, which is the fundamental law of the thought; norms of logic springs from it, that govern the thought (or mind) in the field of science.”
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Field Fundamental Identity Logic Norm Principle Science Spring Thought
Likewise that it must be all the same to them that these adhere to such or such religion, so long as a full (or complete) liberty is equally garantee for everyone.
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Adhere Complete Everyone Guarantee Likewise Long Religion Same
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.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Crime Demand Equality Interest More Much Understood Work
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 compassion, but rather it’s contrary, selfishness, that act most strongly in us.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Acting Away Circumstance Compassion Selfishness
It is only on these principles that we will be able to establish (“pourront être édifiées”, Fr.) the real basis of morality.
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Able Basis Establish Morality Principle Real
The fact that men have a same origin and live in the same universe means that they are representatives of a same unity.
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Country Man Mean Origin Representative Universe
(“La religion n’et pas une smple théorie, elle est une vie supérieure, dont la moralité fait partie intégrante – une vie vouée au culte du bien et du vrai, car Dieu, l’absolu est la source de toute perfection”, Fr.)
AFRIKAN SPIR

Integrante Partie Pas Religion Smple Superieure Theorie Vouee
In their country, two fellow coutrymen whose paths berely cross (or see each only only briefly) with inferrence, would effusively rush themselves up (or throw themselves) into each other arms if they would happen to meet in a desert, among Cannibles.
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Arm Briefly Cannibal Country Cross Desert Fellow Inference Meet Path
The only one thing which is really valuable, it is to do good.
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Do Good Only Really Thing Valuable
Religion is not simply a theory, it is a higher life, of which morality is an integral part – a life devoted to the worship of the good and the true, for God, the absolute, is the supreme source of all perfection”
AFRIKAN SPIR

Car Devoted Higher Integral Life Morality Part Perfection Simply Theory
Habit can become a second nature, but, wrongly directed (or guided), it may also heighten (or intensify) unfortunate tendencies and be an obstacle to progress.
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Become Habit Heighten Nature Obstacle Progress Second Unfortunate
Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man.
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Arbitrariness Distinct Each Empirical Higher Liberty Man Nature Other
Infringing upon (or encroaching) the right of a single person, we overthrow (or turn upside down) the whole order on which rest legal agreements; for if we break (or transgress or violate).
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Agreement Engagement Infringing Order Person Right Single Upon

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