"Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses."

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"Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses."

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"Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent."

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"Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful."

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"It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit terms."

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"In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked."

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"In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended."

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"I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority."

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"Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization."

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"Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction."

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"Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool."

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"A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another."

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"It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

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"With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

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"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

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"Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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