It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. (Lafcadio Hearn)

It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.

Lafcadio Hearn

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