Rightness expresses of actions, what straightness does of lines and there can no more be two kinds of right action than there can be two kinds of straight lines. (Herbert Spencer)

Rightness expresses of actions, what straightness does of lines and there can no more be two kinds of right action than there can be two kinds of straight lines.

Herbert Spencer

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