The only way to provide against the evils of a horizontal cleavage in politics is to encourage the growth of fellow-feeling, of a feeling based on the relations of man to man, and not of class to class.
From an essay on civic duty, this quote advocates for unity and shared humanity over class-based political divisions.
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