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Whoever has recognized the vainglory of individuality will not attach any store (n'attachera aucun prix à, Fr.) to fame. The only one thing which is really valuable, it is to do good.
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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. They even came to raise the methods of slaughter to the rank of science... We would not (On ne saurait, Fr.) imagine a more extraordinary moral blindness!
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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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The appalling and shameful scene (spectacle, Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.
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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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As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards (marcher vers, Fr.) the accomplishment of its true destinies.
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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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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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