The precept, "Love thy neighbor as thyself,” breeds in us most often the disposition to see one's neighbor merely as a poor imitation of oneself, and to hate him if he proves different. (Olaf Stapledon)

The precept, "Love thy neighbor as thyself,” breeds in us most often the disposition to see one's neighbor merely as a poor imitation of oneself, and to hate him if he proves different.

Olaf Stapledon

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