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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.

Afrikan Spir

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 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 relation to fears and egoist wishes.
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Inward Moral Percept Recommend Wish Worship
Moral improvement (or perfecting) require an evolution leading to a higher consciousness, which is the true torch of life; it is what we have failed too much to appreciate, and that which would be fatal to fail to appreciate any longer (“pluslongtemps”, Fr.).
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Appreciate Consciousness Evolution Higher Improvement Leading Life Moral Much Risk Too
There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.
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Good One Only Thing Valuable World
We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
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Consider Development Example Goal Implement Man Moral
The more his character, by rising above material contingencies, widen, become free and independent.
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Above Become Character Contingencies Free Independent Material More Rising Widen
For if we do not take it upon ourselves to remedy in time to the moral colapse (or bankruptcy) that already threaten, the whole civilisation will risks to disappear.
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Civilization Consciousness Disappear Higher Improvement Leading Ourselves Risk Threaten Time
As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day.
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Acute Antagonism Becoming Day Moment Posses Way
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.
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Brain Character General Indigestible Multi People Stuffed Thinking
It must be all the same to the citizens (“ressortissants”, Fr.) of a country that their governing (those in power) speak such language or such other (“telle langue ou telle autre”, Fr.).
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Citizen Country Governing Liberty Long Same
(“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.)
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Integrante Partie Pas Religion Smple Superieure Theorie Vouee
The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.
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Actual Country Justice Matter Realization State Thing
Deep down, everything boils down (“au fond tout se ramène”, Fr.) to the following simple question; Do we really want justice and the realization in this world of higher principles, or else do we want to serve selfish.
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Deep Down Everything Following Justice Question Selfish Simple
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
Whoever has recognized the vainglory of individuality will not attach any store (“n’attachera aucun prix à”, Fr.) to fame.
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Attach Fame Individuality Recognised Store Stores Vainglory
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.
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Benefited Committed Education Illiterate Intelligent Offence Phenomenon Represent Saddening

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