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To do what is right argues superior taste as well as morals; and those whose practice is evil feel and inferiority of intellectual power and enjoyment, even where they take no concern for a principle.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “To do what is right argues superior taste as well as morals; and those whose practice is evil feel and inferiority of…”
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Hoar posits that moral actions reflect a higher intellectual and emotional state, contrasting good and evil practices.
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