Herbert Spencer Quotes

The essential trait in the moral consciousness, is the control of some feeling or feelings by some other feeling or feelings.

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• The essential trait in the moral consciousness, is the control of some feeling or feelings by some other feeling or feelings.

  

  Herbert Spencer
  • Moral
  • Feelings
  • Consciousness