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particular kind of conduct which we call good, seems 

 to me to be something quite beyond mere science. And 

 I cannot but think that it, together with the awe and 

 reverence, which have no kinship with base fear, but 

 arise whenever one tries to pierce below the surface 

 of things, whether they be material or spiritual, con- 

 stitutes all that has any unchangeable reality in 

 religion. 



Just as I think it would be a mistake to con- 

 found the science, morality, with the affection, 

 religion ; so do I conceive it to be a most lamentable 

 and mischievous error, that the science, theology, is 

 so confounded in the minds of many indeed, I might 

 say, of the majority of men. 



My belief is, that no human being, and no 

 society composed of human beings, ever did, or ever 

 will, come to much, unless their conduct was 

 governed and guided by the love of some ethical 

 ideal. 



Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is 

 the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to 

 do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or 

 not ; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned ; 

 and, however early a man's training begins, it is 

 probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. 



The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. 

 What men need is, as much knowledge as they can 



