How much longer is one form of society and life to content itself with the morality made for another ? We have had the morality of submission, and the morality of chivalry and generosity; the time is now come for the morality of justice.

The great misfortune is this, that they both acquire manners before morals, and a knowledge of life before they have from reflection any acquaintance with the grand ideal outline of human nature.

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