“We should seek to free the moral life from the embarrassments and entanglements in which it has been involved by the quibbles of the schools and the mutual antagonisms of the sects; to introduce into it an element of downrightness and practical earnestness; above all, to secure to the modern world, in its struggle with manifold evil, the boon of moral unity, despite intellectual diversity.”
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Felix Adler
Felix Adler, born on August 13, 1851 in Germany and died on April 24, 1933 in the United States, was an American sociologist and philosopher, known as a pioneer of the American social service movement. He is renowned for his contributions to charity, social justice, and human welfare. more
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