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Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.

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It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - pourra, Fr.) build justice.
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The basic notion of justice, is that the rights of everybody are equals, in principle. In the rights of others, we have to respect our own rights. It is only in that condition that we can reasonnably require that it be respected by others.
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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.
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The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness.
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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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A man, engaged in his simple reflections in everyday life, will comprehend neither the possibility, nor the benefits of self-sacrifice, but, when given (qu'on lui donne, Fr.) a great cause to defend, and he will find only natural to sacrifice oneself for it.
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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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To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.
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We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
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Place (or put) a spider on top of a mountain, it will only try to catch flies alas, they are many those who, in the figurative meaning, have spider's eyes.
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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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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), having no consideration (regardless or irrespective of) for others (autrui, Fr.), than we physically are by a sickening (or nauseating) smell.
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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 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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Up to here, in general, we have mainly stuffed the brain of the young people with a indigestible multitude of varios notions, without thinking about enough of the prime necessity to form their character.
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There are (or is) indeed no contradiction between science and religion, the fields of which are different, and which, far from mutually fighting and persecute, must, on the contrary, complete each other.
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The more a man is successful in getting out (or coming out) from his own individuality, of his egoist self, and to control (or dominate) the instincts of his physical nature, the more his character, by rising above material contingencies, widen, become free and independent.
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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. Most of the time we only adhere to a party or a group, in order to better (or more, - pour mieux se, Fr.) differentiate ourselves of another.
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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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A good man (un homme de bien, Fr.) never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives (or survives) in eternity.
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