Observation and reflection only give us the actual of morals; conscience, by gradual and successive intuition, presents us the ideal of morals. (Theodore Parker)

Observation and reflection only give us the actual of morals; conscience, by gradual and successive intuition, presents us the ideal of morals.

Theodore Parker

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