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Edwin Markham - Force cannot transmit a moral...
Force cannot transmit a moral principle: moral ideas can be received only through the reason of the heart. (Edwin Markham)

Force cannot transmit a moral principle: moral ideas can be received only through the reason of the heart.

Edwin Markham

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