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If we do turn (direct, aim, – “dirige”, Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, – “dans des voies nouvelles”, Fr.)

Afrikan Spir

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.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Adhere Complete Everyone Guarantee Likewise Long Religion Same
In which (or where) everyone is mainly (or mostly) trying to assert oneself in front of others (“devant les autres”, Fr.), to appear, and hoping to find in society (“mondaine”, Fr.) relationships some advantages for his interest and vanity (or vainglory or conceit”, Fr).
AFRIKAN SPIR

Advantage Appear Front Hoping Mainly Mostly Oneself Some
Nothing is more stimulating and more salutary to (or for) the inner (or inward) development than the exemple of men devoted to the good.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Development Inner Man Salutary Soul Sticks Stimulating
Men spend their life down here in the worship of petty (or mean) interests and the search of perishable things, and with that (“et avec cela”, Fr.) they pretend to perpetuate for all eternity their self (“moi”, Fr.) so hardly worthy (“digne”, Fr.) of it.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Mean Men Perishable Petty Self Worship
To reform society, and with it humanity, there is only one mean; to transform the mentality of men, to direct them (“les orienter”, Fr.) in a new spirit.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Humanity Man Mean Mentality Reform Society Transform
For, when all is said and done, at what is aiming all this display (or deployment) of activity, if not to realized outward profits, to provide material pleasure (or enjoyment).
AFRIKAN SPIR

Activity Aiming Display Deployment Material Outward Pleasant Profit
The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Consciousness Demand Evolution Improvement Leading Moral
To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Moral Physical Reality Sacrifice Shadow
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
Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Action Bear Discipline Education Inner Lead Morality Salutary
It depends on ourselves to be to each others, either a blessing or a torment.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Blessing Depend Each Other Ourselves Torment
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.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Blame Compassion Fear Man Punishment Reason Selfish
We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Consider Development Example Goal Implement Man Moral
The undertakings enter unto (“les engagements contractés”, Fr.), nothing assure that we will not break them, possibly (“éventuellement”, Fr.) in another.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Assure Break Enter Nothing Possibility Undertaking Upto
The more his character, by rising above material contingencies, widen, become free and independent.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Above Become Character Contingencies Free Independent Material More Rising Widen
The antagonism between nationalities will lose all its acuteness on the day when neither the iniquitous tendency to oppression and domination, nor the perpetual danger of the threatening preparations for war will exist.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Acuteness Antagonism Iniquitous Lose Nationalities Neither Preparation Son War

If we do turn (direct, aim, – “dirige”, Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, – “dans des voies nouvelles”, Fr.)

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