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This is what I mean in saying that the nature is
good. If men do what is not good, the blame cannot
be imputed to their natural powers. The feeling
of commiseration belongs to all men; so does that
of shame and dislike; and that of reverence and
respect; and that of approving and disapproving.
The feeling of commiseration implies the principle of
benevolence; that of shame and dislike, the principle
of righteousness; that of reverence and respect,
the principle of propriety; and that of approving
and disapproving, the principle of knowledge.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge
are not infused into us from without. We are certainly
furnished with them. And a different view is simply
owing to want of reflection. Hence it is said, ‘Seek
and you will find them. Neglect and you will lose
them.’ Men differ from one another in regard to them;
—some as much again as others, some five times
as much, and some to an incalculable amount; —it

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