If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmonized, the religion cannot be healthy?
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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
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