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Education has for its object the formation of character.

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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

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No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: April 27th, 1820

Died: December 8th, 1903

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