“Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil. As he grew up it was his duty as a Christian and a gentleman to appear to despise filthy lucre, whatever his secret opinion of it might be.” ChildrenMightChristianMoneySecretOpinionTaughtDutyGrewGrew UpDevilFleshAgentsChiefsGentlemanDespiseCradleFilthy Book:Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography Source: Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography
“Both love of mankind, and respect for their rights are duties; the former however is only a conditional, the latter an unconditional, purely imperative duty, which he must be perfectly certain not to have transgressed who would give himself up to the secret emotions arising from benevolence.” GivingCertainSecretEmotionRightsMankindDutyFormerLatterUnconditionalImperativesBenevolenceConditional Author:Immanuel Kant