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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.

Afrikan Spir

Experience shows that what great role pratice and experience play in education; pratice, the prolonged exercice lead to habit: exemple suggests imitation.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Experience Great May Play Polite Practice Progress Role Show
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
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
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
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
Nothing that rest on some contradictory basis shall succeed or last in the long run (“ne saurait réussir ou durer, à la longue”, Fr.); all that involve (or imply…) a contradiction is fatally destined, early or late, to disintegrate and disappear.
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Long Nothing Rest Run Running Shall Some Succeed
The divine element manifests itself (or show up) in man as well by his aptitude for science, than by his aptitude for virtue.
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Aptitude Art Divine Element Manifest Philosophy Religious Science Well
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.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Accomplish Country Force Himself Man REquired Self Trying
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
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
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.
AFRIKAN SPIR

Adhere Care Content Inner Life Moral Most Practise Principle Recognize Theory Time
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
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
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
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.
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Humanity Man Mean Mentality Reform Society Transform
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

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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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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