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The most frightful dissoluteness of manners was encouraged by the example of the gods themselves.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “The most frightful dissoluteness of manners was encouraged by the example of the gods themselves.”
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Morley critiques the moral decay encouraged by the deities of ancient religions.
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