This in itself has a good side; but there is an even better side, due to the fact that disinterested motives are appealed to, and that men are made to feel that they are working for others, for the community as a whole as well as for themselves.
From an essay on the strenuous life, this passage describes the superior benefit of appealing to disinterested motives and working for the community's welfare.
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