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The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness.

Afrikan Spir

Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.
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Action Bear Discipline Education Inner Lead Morality Salutary
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
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
That vie with one another (“qui rivalisent à l’envi,” Fr.), by the increase of their armies and the improvement of their engines of murder (“engins meurtriers”, Fr).
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Another Armies Improvement Increase Murder One
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
The concept of absolute, hence (or whence) springs, in the moral field, the moral laws or norms, represent, in the field of knowledge.
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Absolute Concept Law Mind Moral Norm Repre Spring
The intellectual development of man, far from having get men away from war, has, rather, on the contrary, bring them to a refinment always more perfected in the art of killing.
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Art Away Development Intellectual Man Rather War
It depends on ourselves to be to each others, either a blessing or a torment.
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Blessing Depend Each Other Ourselves Torment
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
The distinction between right and wrong (“la distinction du bien et du mal”, Fr.), is nothing else than their unyielding (or implacable) opposition.
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Between Data Distinction Nothing Principle Real Right
See that unfortunate soldier who is falling hurt to death (“tombe blessé à…”, Fr.) on the battlefield; he learns that his folks have vanquished and dies happy.
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Battlefield Death Fall Falling Hurt Moral People Soldier Unfortunate
Besides the progress of industry and technique, we see a growing discontent among the masses; we see, besides the expansion (“expansion,”, Fr.) of instruction, distrust and hatred expanding among nations (“s’étendre la méfiance et la haine entre,” Fr.).
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Army Disconnect Growing Hatred Industry Masses Progress Technique
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.
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Acting Away Circumstance Compassion Selfishness
There are some who esteem that it is a naivety to believe that a moral regeneration may be possible (“soit possible”, Fr.); now, if this was not the case, it would not be worth the trouble that humanity continue to vegetate without aim.
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Believe Esteem Humanity May Moral Possible Regeneration
The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain – fratricidal war.
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Cain Deliver Humanity Malediction Sacred Supreme Urgent War Work
In ancient times, any man rising up above the common people tried to shape his life according to his principles; it is no longer like than now; it is (because) for the ancients.
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According Ancient Common Man People Practice Rising Shape Up
If the present civilisation does not acquire some stable moral fondations (“bases morales stables”, Fr.), its existence will hardly be more assured than that of the civilisations that have preceeded it, and which have fallen (or collapse, or failed).
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Acquire Civilisation Doe Existence Foundation Moral More Stable
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
If man do not find in himself the required (or wished, or wanted, – “voulue”, Fr.) force to accomplish his moral aspirations, he can try to purt himself in the conditions suitable to assist (or promote, or further, -“favoriser”, Fr.) his self-control.
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Accomplish Country Force Himself Man REquired Self Trying
Thus the moral consciousness is an innate and intimate revelation of the absolute, which goes beyond (or goes pass, or exceed) every empirical data (or given information).
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Absolute Beyond Consciousness Data Empirical Information Innate Intimate Moral Revelation
The natural sense of commiseration (or “sympathy”, – “commisération”, Fr.) for one’s fellow men – compassion, and the influence of education, by association of ideas (“par l’association d’idées”, Fr.) – habit.
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Association Commiseration Compassion Education Fellow Idea Man Natural Sense Sympathy
Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop (or prevent, “empâecher”, Fr.) men from acting badly.
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Blame Compassion Fear Man Punishment Reason Selfish
In this world everything that is won to the ideal, is an eternal (or imperishable, – “impérissable”, Fr.) good.
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Country Eternal Ideal Imperishable Won World
There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.
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Empirical Man Moral Nature Radical
A swindler (or crook) of higher condition is more blameworthy than a vulgar scoundrel.
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Blameworthy Condition Crook Higher Swindler Vulgar
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
True morality, true philosophy and true art are in their essence (“dans leur essence”, Fr.) religious.”
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Art Essence Morality Philosophy Religious True

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