“ For the common people are what we help them to become; their vices are our vices, gazed upon, envied, and imitated ”
William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). copy citation
| Author | William James |
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| Source | The Varieties of Religious Experience |
| Topic | vice envy |
| Date | 1902 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/621/621-h/621-h.html |
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“affectionate simplicity in our relations with inferiors and insignificant persons; indulgence where our own claims only are concerned, but firmness in our demands where they relate to duties towards others or towards the public.
“For the common people are what we help them to become; their vices are our vices, gazed upon, envied, and imitated; and if they come back with all their weight upon us, it is but just.”
154. Above, pp. 248 ff. 155. H. Thoreau: Walden, Riverside edition, p. 206, abridged. 156. C. H. Hilty: Glück, vol. i. p. 85.”
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