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There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.

Afrikan Spir

Nothing is more stimulating and more salutary to (or for) the inner (or inward) development than the exemple of men devoted to the good.
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Development Inner Man Salutary Soul Sticks Stimulating
There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.
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Empirical Man Moral Nature Radical
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
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
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
The feeling (“sens”, Fr.) of solidarity that is born amidst a community rest on the feeling of antagonism arouse (aroused ? arose ?… sorry, – “suscité”, Fr.) by those who are opposed to it.
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Antagonism Community Feeling Order Party Rest Solidarity Sorry
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
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
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
We experience boredom, which is nothing elses than the feeling of unease that take hold of us when our spirit is not absorbed by the mirages of life.
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Boredom Else Experience Feeling Life Mirage Nothing Spirit Unease
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
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
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
The brute appears (or come forward, “apparait”, Fr.) and rule over (or dominate), stifling every (“toute”, Fr.) noble, generous impulse; it is then the ruin (or downfall or decline) of any humanity in man.
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Apparait Appear Brute Come Forward Generous Humanity Stifling
The more gifted by nature is a man, the more is deplorable the abuse that he does by using them to shameful ends.
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Abuse Deplorable Gifted Intelligent Man More Nature
Short-sighted (à courte vue”, Fr.) interests, which, when all is said and done, are also prejudicial (or detrimental, or harmful) to those very same that pursue them?
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Done Harmful Law Outward Physical Prejudicial Pursue Thank Them
(“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
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
Moral was a principle of inner life, whereas in our days, most of the time one is content to adhere to an official moral, that we recognize in theory, but that one does not care to put into practice.
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Adhere Care Content Inner Life Moral Most Practise Principle Recognize Theory Time
What is the use for a man to have at his disposal a large field of action, if within himself he remains confine to the narrow limits of his individuality.
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Action Disposal Field Individuality Large Man Use
Whether we had a (good) moral intuition more developed, we would be as much morally disgusted by the rapacity of those who try to benefit from, and monopolize (or secure or corner).
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Developed Disgusted Good Intuition Moral Smell Trying
Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.
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Category Exclusive Individual Such Use World
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).
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Advantage Appear Front Hoping Mainly Mostly Oneself Some
The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.
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First Moral People Principle Stem Summarized Time
Outward, thanks to the knowledge of physical laws, man could subdue (or subjugate…) nature, but inwardly, he remained a slave to it.
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Done Knowledge Law Man Outward Physical Subdue Thank
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.
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Example Military Predominance Sparte Themselves Therefore
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

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