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It is only when men are controlled by soul-power, as against instinct, that they really are men in the higher sense of the term.
Said by
Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jacobs asserts that true humanity is defined by the exercise of soul-power over instinct.

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