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Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.

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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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Sir Arthur Helps
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Egotism
Selfishness
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Ego
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World

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